Iconic Theodora
Jocelyn Mathewes has a nice portrait series of Eastern Orthodox women holding icons of their patron saints. My favorite is this beautiful photo of Liana Lloyd, with an icon of the Byzantine Empress Theodora:
Unfortunately for Dora, though, it seems her chief biographer has been Procopius of Caesarea in his "Secret History" where he paints her as a skanky ho. However, Procopius had a big hate on for Theodora and Justinian, and in the same book asserts that "Justinian was,
in fact, a demon disguised as a man because men... claimed they saw him late at night in the palace walking around without
his head" (from here). And one of his chapters is even titled "Proving That Justinian and Theodora Were Actually Fiends in
Human Form". Well, all righty, then!
Comments
Ha ha!! Instantly credible.
Thank you taz! This is a good post!