Women's Religious Activity in the Roman RepublicUniv of North Carolina Press, 8 dic 2006 - 248 pagine Expanding the discussion of religious participation of women in ancient Rome, Celia E. Schultz demonstrates that in addition to observances of marriage, fertility, and childbirth, there were more--and more important--religious opportunities available to Roman women than are commonly considered. Based on research in ancient literature, inscriptions, and archaeological remains from the fifth to the first century B.C.E., Schultz's study shows that women honored gods unaffiliated with domestic matters, including Hercules and Jupiter; they took part in commercial, military, and political rites; they often worshipped alongside men; and they were not confined to the private sphere, the traditional domain of women. The Vestal Virgins did not stand alone but were instead the most prominent members of a group of women who held high-profile religious positions: priestesses of Ceres, Liber, and Venus; the flaminica Dialis and the regina sacrorum; other cult officials; and aristocratic matrons who often took leading roles in religious observances even though they were not priestesses. Schultz argues that women were vital participants--both professional and nonprofessional--in the religion of the Roman Republic and that social and marital status, in addition to gender, were important factors in determining their opportunities for religious participation in the public sphere. |
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Chapter 2 Women in the Epigraphic Record | 47 |
Chapter 3 The Evidence of Votive Deposits | 95 |
Chapter 4 Household Ritual | 121 |
Chapter 5 Social Status and Religious Participation | 139 |
Conclusion | 151 |
Notes | 153 |
Works Cited | 205 |
Concordance of Inscriptions | 225 |
Index | 229 |
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Pagina 85 - P. urbani senatuosque sententiad utei suprad scriptum est haice utei in coventionid exdeicatis ne minus trinum noundinum senatuosque sententiam utei scientes esetis eorum sententia ita fuit sei ques esent quei...
Pagina 65 - ... in Italia sacro Herculis non licet interesse, quod Herculi, cum boves Geryonis per agros Italiae duceret, sitienti respondit mulier aquam se non posse praestare, quod feminarum deae celebraretur dies, nec ex eo apparatu viris gustare fas esset, propter quod Hercules facturus sacrum detestatus est praesentiam feminarum, et Potitio ac Pinario sacrorum custodibus iussit ne mulierem interesse permitterent.
Pagina 25 - ... serpentis honos, cum pabula poscit annua et ex ima sibila torquet humo. talia demissae pallent ad sacra puellae, cum temere anguino creditur ore manus.
Pagina 30 - Latonae bove femina aurata. ludos praetor in circo maximo cum facturus esset, edixit, ut populus per eos ludos stipem Apollini, quantam commo15 dum esset, conferret. haec est origo ludorum Apollinarium, victoriae, non valetudinis ergo, ut plerique rentur, votorum factorumque.
Pagina 67 - Angulus hic mundi nunc me mea fata trahentem accipit : haec fesso vix mihi terra patet. Maxima quae gregibus devota est Ara repertis, ara per has " inquit " maxima facta manus, haec nullis umquam pateat veneranda puellis, Herculis aeternum ne sit 1 inulta sitis.
Pagina 86 - C. f. De Bacanalibus quei foideratei esent, ita exdeicendum censuere: „Neiquis eorum Bacanal habuise velet. Sei ques esent, quei sibei deicerent necesus...
Pagina 83 - Cum vinum animos incendisset,1 et nox et mixti feminis mares, aetatis tenerae maioribus, discrimen omne pudoris exstinxissent, corruptelae primum omnis generis fieri coeptae, cum ad id quisque, quo natura pronioris libidinis 7 esset, paratam voluptatem haberet.
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