Meaning : not that bad compared to a place at the oars!And the tour company brochure promised elegant and spacious below deck quarters and ample opportunity for socializing with other passengers.
A slave's life is not a happy one,a monotonous,grim existence....
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Further Enslaved Women...
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I enjoy the detail that went into this shot in “Spartacus”, which lasted maybe half of a second. I particularly like the notices hanging from the women’s necks, proclaiming their origin. For the life of me, I still can’t make out the writing on the woman on the right. And the one on the left is apparently from Macedonia. Interesting, given her ethnicity.
Anyway, I am irrationally attracted to the Numidian slave. She strikes a good balance between alertness and intelligence on one hand and docility on the other. I think I could buy her, take her up to my house on the Capitoline, and immediately have a decent household slave girl.
She may fit the character profile,but this scene is far too early for her to have hailed from Minnesota!I can’t make out where the one on the right is from either, but I identify with her. She would be me in body and attitude. She looks wary, uncertain about what might happen ... biding her time. She is not comfortable with being purchased as a slave. If given the opportunity she would attempt an escape. Or, perhaps something rebellious ... someday slipping something Lethal into the drink of the Roman who might purchase and abuse her.
I can’t make out where the one on the right is from either, but I identify with her. She would be me in body and attitude. She looks wary, uncertain about what might happen ... biding her time. She is not comfortable with being purchased as a slave. If given the opportunity she would attempt an escape. Or, perhaps something rebellious ... someday slipping something Lethal into the drink of the Roman who might purchase and abuse her.
Beware - the consequences can be rather atrocious. And not just for her, in the latter case - it would mean the death of every slave in the household.I can’t make out where the one on the right is from either, but I identify with her. She would be me in body and attitude. She looks wary, uncertain about what might happen ... biding her time. She is not comfortable with being purchased as a slave. If given the opportunity she would attempt an escape. Or, perhaps something rebellious ... someday slipping something Lethal into the drink of the Roman who might purchase and abuse her.
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I enjoy the detail that went into this shot in “Spartacus”, which lasted maybe half of a second. I particularly like the notices hanging from the women’s necks, proclaiming their origin. For the life of me, I still can’t make out the writing on the woman on the right. And the one on the left is apparently from Macedonia. Interesting, given her ethnicity.
Anyway, I am irrationally attracted to the Numidian slave. She strikes a good balance between alertness and intelligence on one hand and docility on the other. I think I could buy her, take her up to my house on the Capitoline, and immediately have a decent household slave girl.