Lucrece

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Lucrece is a virtuous Roman noblewoman from classical legend, best known for her tragic rape and subsequent suicide that helped spark the overthrow of the Roman monarchy.

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Lucrece canonical 1
The Death of Lucretia 1

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instanceOf Roman noblewoman
legendary Roman woman
mythological figure
alsoKnownAs Lucretia
associatedWith Tarquins
associatedWithEvent establishment of the Roman Republic
fall of the Roman Kingdom
causeOfDeath suicide
culture Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
fictionalStatus semi-legendary
gender female
genre Roman legend
hasInfluenceOn Western concepts of republican virtue
iconography of rape in Western art
political discourse on tyranny in classical tradition
inspiredWork William Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece
linked to: The Rape of Lucrece

numerous Renaissance paintings
languageOfPrimarySources Latin
literarySource Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Ovid’s Fasti
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
maritalStatus married
methodOfSuicide self-inflicted stabbing
moralAttribute chastity
honor
virtue
narrativeRole catalyst for political revolution
notableFor rape by Sextus Tarquinius
role in overthrow of Roman monarchy
suicide
portrayedAs model of wifely virtue
tragic heroine
region Rome
relatedConcept foundation myths of the Roman Republic
overthrow of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
spouse Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
symbolOf female chastity
honor defended by death
political resistance to tyranny
theme honor and shame
sexual violence
tyranny and liberty
timePeriod legendary early Roman history
victimOf Sextus Tarquinius

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Gavin Hamilton notableWork The Death of Lucretia
linked to: Lucrece