Women in Ancient Rome and Athens

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  • Created on: 29-04-16 12:24
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W L O S E K E W B V U J J P A L E T R R O
I Y W V D M O Q I H Q K O H W L F X E I U
S T S K Y C A L P U R N I A F E I V H B E
C Q R P R X S X I K U F D W P C W T T J I
H K E C W E N M D R E Y L A C R S F O W Q
O R T S G W I X U E Y U J Q U A U Q M T C
M J S W H T G Q J T V Y B P X M T X P F G
A J I H P H R S C H R W H R I A E I E I G
C W S H C E I X A G F T Q O P I L U T Q G
H S E U O O V E W U U A F U E C I U S J W
U E A I C P L G P A B I N P A I H F S Y K
S X D A R P A W G D T N M R S N P T V N T
W U I B S I T C Y S J O X M F I U H K B G
I A V O Q A S E N N M R W V H M E E M U O
F F L K R N E C Q O C P L V C Q O F H Q P
E X E R J L V D O R K M V S J S T Y B P P
T F H H A A E U B I F E G V K K C A B R R
B V W Q K W T Y C C Y S U Y B K F K Q T D
P E T B V Y I L H X P G G P Q V V O E L R
B R H Y Q M F I F V G N K A I N E O K N K

Clues

  • Committed Adultery on her husband with a man she met at a funeral. (10, 4)
  • Dies young. Praised by Pliny for her stoic qualities and intelligence, which she had inherited and learnt from her father. (7, 8)
  • Famously described by her husband as a leader bee. (11, 4)
  • Her legitimacy is questioned in a Greek Source. She bore many children and was even chosen to head the Thesmophoria. (6, 8)
  • Likened to Clytemnestra for allegedly murdering her husband and his friend, Philoneus, through the manipulation of his heartbroken concubine. (10)
  • Siblings that died in childbirth. (8, 7)
  • These women protested in the streets, talked to tribunes and marched up to capital hill in repeal against this law. What is the law? (3, 6, 3)
  • Was damned in a source by Sallust over her licentious behaviour and role in a conspiracy (9)
  • Wife of a certain constantly sad writer and lawyer. She is sent away when ill, told she needs to write to him twice a day, and is is rebuked for her miscarriage. (9)
  • Young girls who dedicated a large portion of their lives to the service of religion and a sacred flame. Had several privileges, but fierce punishments if they did wrong. (6, 7)

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AgamemNO!

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Hello :)

This is my first resource that I've created on Get Revising, so I've had a bit of trouble getting used to it. I originally wrote 25 clues for the crossword, but you can only view ten at a time. If anybody likes this set as a resource, I might make more or tweak this one so you can see more clues at a time, so please let me know.

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Edit: If you go to flashcard mode, you can see all 25 clues and test yourselves on them :) hopefully that will be helpful :)

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