Glorified Daughters: The Glorification of Daughters on Roman Epitaphs

This thesis looks at over 3,000 inscriptions of unmarried daughters, under the age of 20, during the Roman Empire. It discusses the formulaic ways in which daughters were described on their tombstones based on their age and the Roman virtues valued at the time. It primarily focuses on descriptors, superlatives used, the dedicators who commissioned the work, girls who died before their wedding, and ages of girls which have excesses in the months or days she lived as inscribed on her epitaph.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Kent State University

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Kelley, Amanda

Contributors dc:contributor

• Harvey, Brian

• Ancient Civilizations
• Ancient History
• Ancient Languages
• Archaeology
• Classical Studies
• Demographics
• Families and Family Life
• Foreign Language
• Gender
• Gender Studies
• History
• Human Remains
• Womens Studies
• World History
• Roman
• children
• inscriptions
• daughters
• superlatives
• dedicators
• overages
• grief
• mourning
• burial
• death
• girls
• glorification
• virtues

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1366223429

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:kent1366223429