Servilia, mother of Brutus, her influence in politics, 122 Simonides of Amorgos on women, 9 Slaves in Rome: become citizens, 78; treatment of female slaves, 80; slaves as Christians, 167; female slaves in Plautus, 217; amours with, 224 Sophocles, on Athenian wives, 53n.; his relations with Theodota and Diotima, 59; his grandson admitted to citizenship, 70 Sparta, idea of the State in, 25; training of women in, 26; their gymnastic contests, 27; marriage obligatory for girls, 28; and for men, 29; physical development of men and women, 29–30; no adultery, 31; effects of Spartan system of training, 33; influence of women in, 34; decay and efforts at reform, 35–41; strangers not allowed to reside in, 56; girls wrestling naked, 202 Strabo on Sappho, 43 Sulpicia, her Satire, 127 Tacitus, his praise of his mother-in-law, 121 Tarsus, character of its women, 150 Telemachus washed by Polycaste, 199 Terentia, wife of Cicero, her share in politics, 123 Tertullian, on virgins and widows, 159; forbids deaconesses to baptize, 162; denounces women who speak in church, 165; on marriage between Christians, 175; on wives and wedlock, and second marriages, 179; on children as burdens, 181; on woman as a temptress, 182, 185; on the fœtus and the soul, 189 Thebans and Athenians, question of intermarriages, 68 Theodota and Sophocles, 59 Thessaly, land of the beautiful women, 22 Thetis, her advice to Achilles, 198 Tiberius, his mother’s plans for him, 131 Ulysses, his love for Penelope, 17; promises wives to his slaves, 193; washed by Nausicaa, 200; and by Helen, 202 Valerius, L., proposes abrogation of Lex Oppia, 102 Valerius Maximus, on women as lawyers, 125; on bachelors, 139 Vestal Virgins, allowed to marry, 129; honours paid to them, 164 Virgin Mary honoured by the Collyridians, 165 Virgins, their position in the early Church, 159; virginity extolled, 178; Cyprian’s advice to, 186–7 Welcker, F. G., defends Sappho, 207 Widows, their position in the Christian Church, 158; prohibited from teaching, 161; allowed to teach by some Eastern churches, 162 Wilamowitz, U. von, condemns Aspasia, 210 Williamson (Rev. David), his seven wives, 118 Wine, Athenian wives fond of, 54; forbidden to Roman wives, 88; drunk during the Bacchanalia, 96