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Pomegranates and Silphium: Fertility Control in the Ancient World

January 15, 2012 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

Tracy Falbe, author of The Rhys Chronicles Series, has featured this guest post on her blog, Her Ladyship’s Quest. Childbirth is dangerous. The Western world often forgets this. The advances made in medicine and mothercraft to improve the mortality rates of both mother and babies have been remarkable but are now taken for granted. So too the use of effective… read more

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‘Handwritten’ – A Treasure Trove

December 30, 2011 By Elisabeth Storrs 2 Comments

Over the Christmas break I had the chance to attend the ‘Handwritten’ exhibition at the Australian National Library. What a mind blowing experience! This extraordinary exhibition features 100 unique manuscripts from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library). There are letters and manuscripts dating from the past 10 centuries written by the lions of literature, religion, science, music, exploration and… read more

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A Queen, an Eagle and Destiny

November 30, 2011 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

‘Tarchon pointed to the eagle as it soared into the stillness.  ‘An eagle brought a sign to Tanaquil that her husband would be King of Rome.’ Caecilia refused to look at the bird, not wanting to hear another of Tarchon’s tales, especially about an Etruscan woman who became a Roman queen.’ The Wedding Shroud As can be seen from the… read more

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Dying For Rome – Virginia

October 2, 2011 By Elisabeth Storrs 4 Comments

Does this picture look familiar? No, it’s not Lucretia (Dying for Rome) but this woman’s story is depressingly similar to that of the tragic Roman matron who was raped by an Etruscan prince. She is Virginia, whose death, just like Lucretia’s, was the catalyst for significant change in Rome. The image is deceptive, though, because the man stabbing her is… read more

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Dying For Rome – Lucretia

September 11, 2011 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

  The women of the early Roman Republic were definitely second class citizens (see Damn Whores or God’s Police). It is interesting, though, that two of them, Lucretia and Virginia, were catalysts for significant changes in early Roman history. While the existence of these women is debatable, their legends have been passed down through the ages as examples of the… read more

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Ancient Bling

September 5, 2011 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

Etruscans loved shiny things. The more glittering and ornate the better. The most stunning examples of jewellery and art came from the era known as the ‘Orientalizing’ period from ca. 720-575BCE. This was a time when Phoenician and Greeks were attracted to Etruria due to its rich metal deposits. The Phoenicians were a sea faring people with extensive trading interests… read more

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Damn Whores or God’s Police

August 24, 2011 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

One of the main themes of my book is the exploration of the lives of women in the classical period of C5th and 4th BCE through the characters of a Roman girl, Greek slave, Cretan courtesan and Etruscan matron. So what was the status and role of these women in classical times? In both Greece and Rome they were chattels… read more

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Snail Mail, Rome and Ursula Le Guin

August 19, 2011 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

Old fashioned courtesy can go a long way. And so, too, can snail mail. When I requested Ursula Le Guin to endorse my novel I used both. Last year my first novel, The Wedding Shroud, was published in Australia (and has now been released as an e-book world wide). The book is set in C5th BCE at a time when… read more

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A Flight of Birds – A Glimpse into the Future

August 14, 2011 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

As well as the ability to interpret the future from lightning bolts, the Etruscans also observed the flight of birds for the purposes of divination. The process of interpreting the patterns of flight was known as taking the auspices (literally ‘looking at birds’). As was the case with understanding lightning portents, the sector of the sky where a bird flew… read more

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Myths and Treasure

August 7, 2011 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

The ancient world has always held a fascination for me. It must be in my genes because one of my fondest memories is that of my father telling me stories about the Greek gods. As a kid, I also found a book in our house that had been handed down from generation to generation within my family entitled The Myths… read more

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