handmaids

She called her handmaids, four that served her in chief, who were daughters to her silver fountains, to her sacred rivers, and to her consecrated woods, to deck her apartments, to spread rich carpets, and set out her silver tables with dishes of the purest gold, and meat as precious as that which the gods eat, to entertain her guest.

The Adventures of Ulysses Charles Lamb 1804

Venus is awful when despised, as the daughters of Proetus found: but her handmaids are the Graces, not the Furies.

Westward Ho! 2007

'He called his handmaids and he bade them take the body of Hector and wash it and wrap it in two of the robes that Priam had brought.

The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926

‘He called his handmaids and he bade them take the body of Hector and wash it and wrap it in two of the robes that Priam had brought.

Part I. Chapter XX 1918

Proetus found: but her handmaids are the Graces, not the Furies.

Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847

A marriage between the two states of Sung and Lu having been arranged, the imperial clan states of Lu and Wei had certain duties to perform at the wedding, which took place in 583; and it is recorded that the latter sent "handmaids" The explanation given is a little involved, but it seems to throw some light on the marriage of sisters question.

Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887

The attractive young women of reproductive age are the "handmaids"; the attractive but infertile middle-age women are the "wives"; the dark-skinned women of any age are domestic servants, and so on.

Signs of the Times 2008

Graces > (Three daughters of Jupiter, often described as the handmaids of Venus.

The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser

But an ingrained religious worldview makes it hard for them to be anything but handmaids and helpmeets.

Diane Winston: Did Mad Men Get Religion? Diane Winston 2010

But an ingrained religious worldview makes it hard for them to be anything but handmaids and helpmeets.

Diane Winston: Did Mad Men Get Religion? Diane Winston 2010