especially in Greek cities, women who acted as patrons tended to be honored as matrons. Consequently, a woman who made a donation to the city might be praised for her domestic virtues. Forbis16 has demonstrated this tendency by contrasting honorific inscriptions to women in Italian municipalities with their Greek counterparts. The Italians characteristically honored women with the same terms that were used for men. The content of Paul’s commendation corresponds to that of the Italian honorific inscriptions