Comments on: A Roman Lady http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/ Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 100swallows http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-989 100swallows Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:38:01 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-989 Hello: Could you tell me which? My source for most of it is Carcopino's Daily Life in Ancient Rome, Chapter 6, part 4 Hello: Could you tell me which? My source for most of it is Carcopino’s Daily Life in Ancient Rome, Chapter 6, part 4

]]> By: Hello http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-988 Hello Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:01:19 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-988 Some of this information isn't correct, I know as I study hisory, sorry. Some of this information isn’t correct, I know as I study hisory, sorry.

]]> By: 100swallows http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-353 100swallows Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:59:56 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-353 Danu: I was following the Carcopino (Daily Life in Ancient Rome) and didn't even realize when I said the lady didn't wash in the morning that someone might understand that she NEVER washed. She slept in her underclothes (there were no pajamas) and, “consequently she, like her husband, had nothing to do when she got up but to draw on her slippers...and then drape herself in the amictus (tunic) of her choice; and her preliminary ablutions were as sketchy as his. Pending the hour of the bath, the essential cura corporis for her as for him consisted of attentions which we would consider accessory. In matters of toilet the Roman lady of the empire resembled the oriental lady of today; she considered the superfluous thing the most necessary.” There were private baths (balneae) for great ladies and also private rooms in the public baths (thermae). Danu: I was following the Carcopino (Daily Life in Ancient Rome) and didn’t even realize when I said the lady didn’t wash in the morning that someone might understand that she NEVER washed. She slept in her underclothes (there were no pajamas) and, “consequently she, like her husband, had nothing to do when she got up but to draw on her slippers…and then drape herself in the amictus (tunic) of her choice; and her preliminary ablutions were as sketchy as his. Pending the hour of the bath, the essential cura corporis for her as for him consisted of attentions which we would consider accessory. In matters of toilet the Roman lady of the empire resembled the oriental lady of today; she considered the superfluous thing the most necessary.” There were private baths (balneae) for great ladies and also private rooms in the public baths (thermae).

]]> By: ivdanu http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-352 ivdanu Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:04:28 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-352 Swallows, you sure about the "nobody washed" thing? Romans were famous, I thought, for the public baths and such... Swallows, you sure about the “nobody washed” thing? Romans were famous, I thought, for the public baths and such…

]]> By: 100swallows http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-213 100swallows Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:37:58 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-213 Eileen: Did your Juno have a hairdo like that? I'd say this is a portrait--maybe of an emperor's wife. I found it on the Net when looking for an illustration of a hair-tower. It doesn't seem idealized enough to be a Juno. Eileen: Did your Juno have a hairdo like that? I’d say this is a portrait–maybe of an emperor’s wife. I found it on the Net when looking for an illustration of a hair-tower. It doesn’t seem idealized enough to be a Juno.

]]> By: 100swallows http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-212 100swallows Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:34:31 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-212 erika: I've been here longer than you in Canada. I'll have to look up that play by Mrozek. erika: I’ve been here longer than you in Canada. I’ll have to look up that play by Mrozek.

]]> By: erikatakacs http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-205 erikatakacs Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:06:56 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-205 I know what you are talking about, Swallows, it's a subject that can be discussed for hours if not days. Polish author Slawomir Mrozek has a brilliant play on this, 'The Emigrants'. I've been here for 18 years. And how long you've been in Spain? I know what you are talking about, Swallows, it’s a subject that can be discussed for hours if not days. Polish author Slawomir Mrozek has a brilliant play on this, ‘The Emigrants’. I’ve been here for 18 years. And how long you’ve been in Spain?

]]> By: wpm1955 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-203 wpm1955 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:03:04 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-203 This looks like a statue of the Roman goddess, Juno. (I just happened to look up Juno for my own class at school, and it looks like her!) Best regards, Eileen Dedicated Elementary Teacher Overseas elementaryteacher.wordpress.com This looks like a statue of the Roman goddess, Juno. (I just happened to look up Juno for my own class at school, and it looks like her!)

Best regards,
Eileen
Dedicated Elementary Teacher Overseas
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]]> By: 100swallows http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-202 100swallows Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:06:51 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-202 erika: when you (I) write about old times, just as when you write about a foreign country, you can make things seem familiar to the reader or you can stress the differences and make them sound mysterious. I'm afraid the first is not really very instructive. People just conclude that the world is well-known to them. In fact, living in a foreign country, you are surprised all the time at the differences. Often you suffer from them. And it is sad to realize that there is no way to tell the folks back home about a world so unlike theirs. How long have you been in Canada? erika: when you (I) write about old times, just as when you write about a foreign country, you can make things seem familiar to the reader or you can stress the differences and make them sound mysterious. I’m afraid the first is not really very instructive. People just conclude that the world is well-known to them. In fact, living in a foreign country, you are surprised all the time at the differences. Often you suffer from them. And it is sad to realize that there is no way to tell the folks back home about a world so unlike theirs. How long have you been in Canada?

]]> By: erikatakacs http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/a-roman-lady/#comment-201 erikatakacs Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:20:53 +0000 http://100falcons.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-201 I love to read about everyday life in ancient times. Life for the rich hasn't changes much. Same routine, same preoccupations, same empty existence...Not all of them, of course. I would like to read about the common Romans' life too. Love that sculpted head. The hairdo is almost as crazy as in Rococo. I love to read about everyday life in ancient times. Life for the rich hasn’t changes much. Same routine, same preoccupations, same empty existence…Not all of them, of course. I would like to read about the common Romans’ life too. Love that sculpted head. The hairdo is almost as crazy as in Rococo.

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