A handmaiden, handmaid or maidservant is a personal maid or female servant. Afterwards, she becomes a trusted confidante and handmaiden to Daenerys. He also ensures Aida serves as a handmaiden to his betrothed, Princess Amneris. Thomas Aquinas, following Peter Damian, argued that philosophy is the handmaiden of theology ("ancilla theologiae"). She is to be a handmaiden to Nero's second wife, the Empress Poppaea Sabina. She modestly draws back and responds, or "Behold the handmaiden of the Lord". However, the term "handmaiden" explicitly implies lowly status. She answers ("Behold the handmaiden of the Lord"). Emily Bennett was the handmaiden of Katherine Pierce in 1864 and a powerful witch. Tyrion has his lover, Shae, positioned as Sansa's handmaiden. Afterward, Sansa is greeted by Shae, posing as her new handmaiden. She portrayed Dina, the handmaiden, in Doug Henning's "The Magic Show". In other words, ELSA genomics as the handmaiden of genomics research. His soldiers choose Miriam (Costello), a handmaiden of Noah's. In the 2019 film, Jasmine is served by a handmaiden named Dalia.