Eugenia
Eugenia’s
mother always said, “We Greek women are voluptuous. We no fat, we no bones. We full-figured
women.” As Eugenia’s body began to fully mature, these once trivial words of her
mother began to take on more weight with her. She was no longer the bony, young
girl that had first set her eyes upon the magnificent city of Rome full of
apprehension and excitement. Rather, she was the hourglass-shaped young woman
that now looked upon the evermore captivating Roman city with eyes full anticipation
and esteem.
With
maturation, she also noticed an increase in the volume of her already unmanageable
hair. The combination of curly and thickness she came to find out was no match
for the humid, marshy location of the city. She often wished she could use the
oils and tonics of her mistress to tame her wild mess, but settled for pinning
her lengthy hair up. Otherwise, her long, bushy hair would cover up her small
forehead, dark almond-shaped eyes that had a downward curvature, linear nose all
the way down the bridge to the tip, full set of mauve lips, and strong, square jawline.
Although
she was unaware of her true height anymore, Eugenia judged that she was average
as far as female stature went in Rome. In fact, her mistress’ head hit right
about where Eugenia’s line of sight began. She did not get out as much as the
rest of the domestic slaves since her line of duty often required her to be
near the children at all times, but even her quick trips through the city have
yet to disprove her theory.
Because
she was the oldest of her family and now a wet nurse, Eugenia was extremely
gentle, kind, loving, and nurturing by nature. She adored children and loved to
work with them. Her position as a nurse slave in the Quaestor’s home was
perfect to say the least. However, it came with its difficulties. She more
often than not had to face the death of children, which she took each of them
to heart. Thankfully, optimism was something her father taught her and she
applied that as well as she could to any situation; for example, she took her
father’s selling her into slavery as a new business venture. She was a young
woman with big dreams.
