Lucrece
E292891
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lucrece canonical | 3 |
| The Death of Lucretia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2727916 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucrece Context triple: [The Legend of Good Women, containsStoryOf, Lucrece]
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A.
Catiline
Catiline was a Roman senator best known for leading a failed conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Republic in 63 BCE.
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B.
Caesar’s wife
Caesar’s wife is a proverbial figure symbolizing the expectation that those closely associated with people in power must be above suspicion in both conduct and appearance.
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C.
Lucan’s Pharsalia
Lucan’s Pharsalia is a 1st-century AD Roman epic poem by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus that dramatically recounts the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great.
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D.
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus is an early, highly violent tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Roman general’s brutal cycle of revenge and political downfall.
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E.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the life of the proud Roman general Caius Marcius Coriolanus and his tumultuous relationship with the people of Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucrece Target entity description: 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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A.
Catiline
Catiline was a Roman senator best known for leading a failed conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Republic in 63 BCE.
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B.
Caesar’s wife
Caesar’s wife is a proverbial figure symbolizing the expectation that those closely associated with people in power must be above suspicion in both conduct and appearance.
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C.
Lucan’s Pharsalia
Lucan’s Pharsalia is a 1st-century AD Roman epic poem by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus that dramatically recounts the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great.
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D.
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus is an early, highly violent tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Roman general’s brutal cycle of revenge and political downfall.
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E.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the life of the proud Roman general Caius Marcius Coriolanus and his tumultuous relationship with the people of Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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
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iconography of rape in Western art ⓘ political discourse on tyranny in classical tradition ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
William Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece
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linked to:
The Rape of Lucrece
numerous Renaissance paintings ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Latin ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities
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linked to:
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid's Fasti
|
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| methodOfSuicide | self-inflicted stabbing ⓘ |
| moralAttribute |
chastity
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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
ⓘ
linked to:
Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (as consul)
|
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucrece Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lucrece