CAS CL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Minicia, Elegy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
25 Jan 2016
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Women in ancient rome: ideals and realities: roman girls. Wives of roman emperors are style icons (like jackie kennedy) So consistent it can be used for dating: pliny"s obituary for minicia. Extremely high standard of behavior expected from the young. Loom= symbol of moral virtue: mothers. Seldom hear of warmth in mother relationships. Able to have political rights if they have three children: praise for turia, the new woman . As a young girl, avenged the death of her parents. When her husband was in exile, aided his escape and organized finances. Pleaded with lepidus for her husband"s pardon. Offered her husband a divorce when she became infertile. Emerges after the civil wars of the first century bc. Genre of poetry created (latin love elegy) A type of roman feminism or male insecurity: female schooling- public and private. Girls only allowed to attend the first stage. Were expected to continue schooling themselves: images of female education.
