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Can anyone help, please? - LindaGruchy - 10-22-2012
Thank you, Brien, but I have already got someone doing a picture for me, now, so will not need your help, thanks.
Can anyone help, please? - LindaGruchy - 10-22-2012
Another question, please... what's the plural of thraex? :oops:
And the plural of retiaria and secutrix, please?
Groan. The devil is in the detail.
Can anyone help, please? - john m roberts - 10-22-2012
The plural of Thraex is Thraeces. Plural of secutrix would be secutrices. Not sure about retiaria.
Can anyone help, please? - LindaGruchy - 10-22-2012
Thanks for those. I will amend the ms with those.
I wondered if it might be retiariae?
Can anyone help, please? - M. Demetrius - 10-23-2012
The singular (if the gladiator is a male, of course) is retarius--meaning "net man". Plural would be retarii. If female, retaria, I guess. And retariae.
Can anyone help, please? - LindaGruchy - 10-23-2012
Thank you.
I have the book cover image from the artist and it's looking good.
Are people happy to be thanked for this help in the acknowledgements, please?
Can anyone help, please? - M. Demetrius - 10-23-2012
We are, Ma'am.
Can anyone help, please? - LindaGruchy - 10-24-2012
The artwork is done, just need to sort it out into a "cover" and do a last read-through or two for typos and then I can do the e-book. Thanks very much for all your input.
Can anyone help, please? - agrimensor - 10-24-2012
Linda, why not put a link to RAT in the book??
Can anyone help, please? - LindaGruchy - 10-24-2012
I already have! In my list of references and interesting sites. (Sounds bad having a list of references in a fiction book, but I thought people might be interested.)
Can anyone help, please? - Medusa Gladiatrix - 10-24-2012
Quote:Hello Linda,
The Gladiatrix as a figure is known, but as far as I know, there were only a few.
Hi Brien,
check out this old thread
http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/12-ancient-combat-sports/32283-women-gladiators.html?start=15
and read especially my posts # 126824 and # 126825
and my website
http://www.ludus-nemesis.eu/en/gladiatrices_en.html
to find out more about gladiatrices and how frequent they were etc.
Can anyone help, please? - LindaGruchy - 10-25-2012
May I list your website at the end of my novel, please Meduasa?
Can anyone help, please? - Medusa Gladiatrix - 10-26-2012
Sure you might do so, I would be pleased
Can anyone help, please? - LindaGruchy - 10-30-2012
The e-book is in the checking stages now. I'm pleased with the cover. Meanwhile I've done a blog post if anyone is interested.
http://lindagruchy.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/inspirations-for-gladiatrix/
Can anyone help, please? - MacG - 10-31-2012
Linda, If I may,
I am a writer of two thrillers (in the Dutch language) and started 2 years ago with the outlines of my novel (also in Dutch) Charioteer.
It is the tale of a charioteer falling in love with a gladiatrix.
Not knowing about the existence of "Gladiatrix" I made some rough sketches similar to the book of Russell Whitfield, as I found out much later.
Whitfield had them (the gladiatrices) fighting naked. Gaius Germanicus (Caligula) could have invented that. Domitianus, I am not so sure.
Could you name to me the garments of a gladiatrix? I would be very grateful.