Comments on: Unsung Heroes: Empress Theodora /2011/08/31/unsung-heroes-empress-theodora/ A feminist pop culture adventure Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 By: Miranda /2011/08/31/unsung-heroes-empress-theodora/#comment-1786 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:00:34 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=7128#comment-1786 In reply to Cheryl Morgan.

Yes, I heard about that! So maybe not all that unsung. But then again, I think Byzantium’s a bit unsung as “having heard of it outside of classics lessons which most schools don’t offer” goes. So we were like “ah, let’s do Theodora!”

Plus I love that Sara Bernhardt shot!

]]> By: Cheryl Morgan /2011/08/31/unsung-heroes-empress-theodora/#comment-1785 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:52:29 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=7128#comment-1785 Also a new novel, Theodora, by Stella Duffy.

]]> By: Jenny D /2011/08/31/unsung-heroes-empress-theodora/#comment-1784 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:21:53 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=7128#comment-1784 For a more fictional account of those times, Guy Gavriel Kay has written two books called “Sailing to Sarantium” and “Lord of Emperors”. He’s basically taken the story of Justin and Theodora, added in some magic and a lot of other characters, and set it in his fictional universe. As I understand it, the story is mostly historically correct, including the Green and Blue factions, and Alixana (being Theodora’s fictional alter ego) was a very intelligent and impressive person.

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