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The Romans of the Classical period had no specific word for female gladiators as a type or class. [1] The earliest reference to a woman gladiator as gladiatrix is by a scholiast in the 4th–5th century, who mockingly wonders whether a woman undergoing training for a performance at the ludi for the Floralia, a festival known for racy performances by seminude dancers, wants to be a gladiatrix ...
Although there are a variety of gynoids across genres, this list excludes female cyborgs (e.g. Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager), non-humanoid robots (e.g. EVE from Wall-E), virtual female characters (Dot Matrix and women from the cartoon ReBoot, Simone from Simone, Samantha from Her), holograms (Hatsune Miku in concert, Cortana from Halo ...
Sources provide names of individual Amazons, that are referred to as queens of their people, even as the head of a dynasty. Without a male companion, they are portrayed in command of their female warriors. Among the most prominent Amazon queens were: Otrera, daughter of the nymph Harmonia and god of war, Ares.
Rosa Parks. Susan B. Anthony. Helen Keller. These are a few of the women whose names spark instant recognition of their contributions to American history. But what about the many, many more women who never made it into most . high school history books?
"It is funny because I think that there's so much context to the experience of stepping on a really big set for the first time because, as a fanboy from childhood into middle age, there are so ...
Sheldon, who, at 6 ft is the tallest female Gladiator on the show, [8] has spoken about her desire to use her appearances to inspire people to embrace their uniqueness, because she herself was bullied for her height at school. [9] The show debuted on BBC One in January 2024. [10]
Historical epics have everything moviegoers want to see — action packed scenes with really good looking guys. Most epics follow the story’s handsome hero embarking on a quest or preparing for war.
More than 30 years after American Gladiators debuted on television, Nitro, Ice, Storm and the rest are having another moment, as the second documentary on the star-spangled show this year, Muscles ...