Saksagan
Zoe and Theodora part 27
Then at other times I have seen her lying on the ground, her tears bathing the earth, while she beat her breasts over and...
Zoe and Theodora part 26
Each of her servants had a particular task to perform: one was allotted the duty of bottling the perfumes, another of mixing them, while...
Zoe and Theodora part 25
The younger sister (Theodora) daily gloated over her collection of darics, for which she had had bronze coffers made. Knowing their hobbies, therefore, the...
Zoe and Theodora part 24
She bewitched me, at any rate, when, as often happened, she would ply me with questions about the Greek myths and add a point...
Zoe and Theodora part 23
57. He wasted the imperial treasures in satisfying her every whim. For example, he found in the palace a bronze casket, ornamented with figures...
Zoe and Theodora part 22
They gave her letters, one from the emperor, the other from Zoe herself, promising a friendly reception and encouraging her to return. Such were...
Zoe and Theodora part 21
51. Whatever the reason, they were so much in love with each other that both found separation intolerable, even when they were threatened with...
Zoe and Theodora part 20
Only a fraction of these duties was reserved for himself. Instead, he chose a life of pleasure and luxury, as if it were his...
Zoe and Theodora part 19
46. At that first interview, my words were distinguished neither by their fluency nor by their elegance, but I told him about my family...
Zoe and Theodora part 18
43. Today, in fact, neither Athens, nor Nicomedeia, nor Alexandria in Egypt, nor Phoenicia, nor even the two Romes (the ancient and lesser Rome,...
