Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Effeminacy, Public Nudity, Backgammon

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2300
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

1: they were reliable or trust worthy, qualification for an infames, anyone who performed in public, for pay, for anything reason, singer, prostitute, wrestler. If you perform, in public for pay, you are an infame. Included gladiators: roman politicians and the upper class found what athletes did noteworthy and impressive, but they were beneath them and not even in the same class. Injuries: every time when you read a poem about boxing in ancient roman, it was about jaws breaking, blood and teeth everywhere. Included sacrifices for the emperor (cult of the emperor type of thing: females and youth contests held, female athletes in the roman empire, roman women generally had greater freedom than greeks, women could attend any of these events. It did (cid:374)ot say they (cid:449)o(cid:374) the wo(cid:373)e(cid:374);s (cid:448)ersio(cid:374) of the e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts, (cid:271)ut (cid:449)e assu(cid:373)e that(cid:859)s what happened. It looks like the greeks took the roman mindset of women after a while.