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Theodora (c. 508–548)

Byzantine empress from 527. She was originally the mistress of Emperor Justinian before marrying him in 525. She earned a reputation for charity, courage, and championing the rights of women.

The daughter of a bear-keeper, Theodora became an actor and, as mistress and later wife of the emperor, the most influential woman in Europe, since Justinian consulted her on all affairs of state.

Theodora

Oratorio by Handel (libretto by T Morell), produced at Covent Garden, London, on 16 March 1750.



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I think I'll get Diana to go over with me next week, and we can spend the evening with Theodora Dix.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Athelny for some fantastic reason took it into his head to discourse upon Byzantine history; he had been reading the later volumes of the Decline and Fall; and, his forefinger dramatically extended, he poured into the astonished ears of the suitor scandalous stories about Theodora and Irene.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Probably the saying of Theodoras, the tragic actor, was not a bad one: That he would permit no one, not even the meanest actor, to go upon the stage before him, that he might first engage the ear of the audience.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
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