A totally misguided book by the beautiful lady Daisy Dunn. Greek and Roman women could not influence politics except as through their men. And the content of their pillow talks is forever lost. So Mrs. Dunn invents them as if she was present there. A few women (Empress Livia and Severan Syrian broads) influenced politics on their own but their influence was mostly destructive.
Whatever was the influence of the wives and lovers of the powerful Hellenistic and Roman politicians and generals, the influence of their catamites was much greater. Emperor Claudius was particularly derided by the contemporaries because he did not seem to express any noble interest to boys and men, preferring to them company of low-born women.
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