tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post9155403919211864166..comments2023-11-03T05:48:15.127-07:00Comments on Ancient Musings: Themistocles in Love (Part 2).Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post-77409174850610659742011-04-17T10:57:47.582-07:002011-04-17T10:57:47.582-07:00You'll just have to wait and see! ;)You'll just have to wait and see! ;)Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375626649089998707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post-29044780264441469512011-04-16T10:00:48.796-07:002011-04-16T10:00:48.796-07:00Part of the fun of historical fiction is imagining...Part of the fun of historical fiction is imagining a personality and a background and a story for someone who only appears in the historical record as a name and maybe one or two facts :-) <br /><br />If the Greek aristocratic clans intermarried with each other like the Roman patrician families and the English medieval aristocracy, you can probably justify at least a tenuous connection between Archippe and any clan you like, provided she was of broadly the right social standing. Does Themistocles fall in love with her at first sight, or is he pursuing her in part for an advantageous political marriage, or both (they aren't mutually exclusive)? Don't answer that if it's a spoiler!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post-1850382749982846522011-04-13T09:08:40.841-07:002011-04-13T09:08:40.841-07:00That's what I say I'd "like to think&...That's what I say I'd "like to think" they were in love. :pMeghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375626649089998707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post-83901479297681970782011-04-12T17:57:46.897-07:002011-04-12T17:57:46.897-07:00I like the sentiments here, but wasn't the anc...I like the sentiments here, but wasn't the ancient Greek word for wife "damar" and the word for slave was also "damar." I'd imagine that Greeks' love lives probably existed outside the bounds of marriage...or at least it'd make for an interesting story:)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793077012143289985noreply@blogger.com