Empress Theodora Summary

Sophia’s War, written by Avi a Newbery Award-winning author was published on September 25, 2012, and has 302 pages.

Bravery is often defined in different terms, but Athena defines it beautifully. In the Iliad, Athena is written as a war goddess, battling together with the Greek heroes. She embodies superiority in close combat, triumph, and magnificence. What it took to be victorious in the bloody battle was found on the body armor that Athena had on when she went into combat: terror, discord, resistance, and assault. Athena, though not someone who is normally portrayed as a goddess of War, is actually an Olympian that is found on the battlefield more often than many of the others. She is written into the front lines of the war more

worked against him for the good of her country. Her heroic life was especially shown by her

The birth of an eastern circus woman attracted no attention at all in mid-millennium year 500. No one could ever imagine that this baby would grow up to be one of the most remarkable women in history of the World. She was the daughter of the bear keeper, a public performer,wife of Justinian, Empress of the Byzantine Empire and a natural beauty whose name became the one name in the voluminous annals of the Byzantine empire known to almost everyone; Theodora. Once the former show girl settled down to respectable married life, she touched every branch of life in the Empire. She had her finger on everything including military campaigns, architectural developments, and government policy and law reforms.

Minerva shows the most bravery out of all her sisters. She was basically forced to

remains true to who she is so that she cannot be accepted with her personalities; moreover, her

An example of this is in Minou's speech she says on paragraph 15 lines: 2-5 "Some accounts say that she was the person who showed the most leadership, firmness, organizational ability and political acumen to guide the group, but at that time, and perhaps today, it was inconceivable for a political movement made up mostly of men to be led by a woman". It not only took great amounts of courage for her to step up as a political leader of the rebellion but also as a woman being able to break the restrictions put on her by society. I vent when she is in a bad situation she still acts as a leader for her community like on page 233 "Minerva leads us in singing the national anthem. We know through knocking with our neighbor cell that our "serenades" really help raise the men's spirits" This shows her massive amounts of courage she leads her cell mates in singing even though she knows there could be dire consequences and even though she knows it won't do that much she still does it for the small difference it will make. Her acts of leaderships and courage led Minerva to become an important figure of feminism and

Being brave requires massive strength of mind, body, and spirit. It is being prepared to face adversity. It allows people to face their greatest enemies without fear. Out of all of the characteristics that Odysseus portrays, bravery stands out above all. There are many cases in which this shows up in The Odyssey by Homer. Specific examples that represent Odysseus's bravery are the battle of Cicones, the events at the cyclops cave, and the events with the lotus eaters.

Particularly, Harriet Tubman was one of those individuals, helped slaves escape, knowing the fact she might get caught, yet still risked it and showed more than bravery. The website USHistory. org proclaims, (Paragraph 5). “Tubman made 19 separate trips into slave territory.” The website shows the reader the bravery Tubman had, she didn't only make one or two visits to the slave territory, but she made them nineteen times. The website USHistory.org proclaims, “She threatened to shoot any slave who had second thoughts with the pistol she carried on her hip.” The website, later on, states, “By the end of the decade, she was responsible for freeing about 300 slaves.” Harriet Tubman undertook bravery at a maximum level, since she freed as much as 300 slaves, nor feared being caught. Using her knowledge as being active in the underground tunnels Harriet Tubman spied for the Union when the civil war broke out. This again demonstrates what true courage and heroism

Throughout history women have often played a significant role. Although women haven’t usually been a position of power, they have nonetheless often contributed in significant ways. Two women who impacted their societies were Empress Theodora-of the Byzantine empire-and Queen Elizabeth I-of England. Empress Theodora-of the Byzantine Empire-impacted her Empire in many ways. Some of the ways she impacted her Empire was by delivering a powerful speech, by promoting women's rights, helping Justinian recover things after the Nika Revolt.

Even in tough situations, Harriet remained brave. When Harriet began her Underground Railroad journey, she became braver than ever. On Harriet’s first trip to freedom, she was alone. She did not have anyone by her side to assist her. This shows bravery, due to the fact that

She was a mentally strong and brave women for the actions she took

            Before comparing the women of the Odyssey to those of Athens, it is beneficial to take a look into the lives of the latter.  A respected woman was to have characteristics including obedience, virtue, refinement, productivity, honor, beauty, talent and intelligence (social consciousness).  Sarah B. Pomeroy has studied this aspect of ancient life and

The power of women was very limited in ancient Greece. Women were mostly viewed as the housewives and mothers instead of being involved in society. In the excerpt Lysistrata written by Aristophanes and Roman Women Demonstrate against the Oppian Law written by Livy, there is a clear indication women thrive to have more power than they are originally granted. In fact, women want to be able to have a say in the important aspects of their community such as wars they lose their husbands to or the amount of jewelry they are allowed to wear to show their honor and wealth. Furthermore, the women start very weak, but then realize they can have power over their men. In Lysistrata, the women are able to manipulate the men but taking away their number one desire. Meanwhile, in Roman Women Demonstrate against the Oppian Law, women are able to beg men into giving in to what they want. By viewing and analyzing two sources, the audience comes to the conclusion that women are able to achieve more power than they are originally granted.

When the doors are forced open, Lysistrata emerges. The magistrate orders her arrested, but the policeman is too intimidated by Lysistrata to arrest her. The other women join Lysistrata in defying the policemen, who are too cowed to follow the magistrate’s orders to seize the women. The magistrate responds to the women’s actions with a claim, they shall never lose to women and the newly brave police attack the women, but they are soon beaten off and in retreat. The women say they can administer the money, since they are used to administering the household money. Lysistrata also tells the magistrate how the women have been patient while the men got ready for the war and refused to listen to any advice.