![]() Dahlberg, 158.įrom CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London. Harder, "Livy in Gower's and Chaucer's Lucrece Stories." PMPA 2 (1977): 1-7 Livy, Livy, ed. Bettenson, 28-30 Ian Donaldson, The Rapes of Lucretia: A Myth and its Transformations John Gower, The Complete Works, ed. Lucresse, a pronunciation variant, never appears initially it appears four times in medial positions, MLI 63 FranklT 1405 LGW F 257, LGW G 2 and four times in final rhyming position, Anel, 1786, 1872.Īugustine, Concerning the City of God, trans. It occurs only in final rhyming position, BD 1082. Diesen Ovids Fasti entnommene Bildstoff hat Tizian mehrmals verarbeitet: Lukrezia, Gattin des Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, wurde von Sextus Tarquinius. Lucrece is the French variant of Latin Lucretia, feminine of Lucretius, the name of a Roman clan. Lucretia (wife of Collatinus) lanificium, -i (n) wool-spinning. Lucresse is a virtuous wife, but Alceste surpasses her, LGW F 257, LGW G 211. Study Sextus Tarquinius and Lucretia flashcards. Lucretia is exemplary of wifely virtue, MLI 63 FranklT 1405 BD 1087 Anel 82. ![]() Gower uses the story to illustrate unchastity, Confessio Amantis VII.4754-5130. Jealous Husband tells the story and says that there are no more Lucretias in Rome, RR 8608-8642. ![]() Augustine emphasizes the inappropriateness of her suicide, The City of God I.18, in a comparison of Christian and pagan virtue. The virtue of Lucretia is a medieval commonplace. They forgave her, but Lucretia stabbed herself and fell dead at their feet ( Fasti II.685-852 Livy, Ab urbe condita liber I.57-59). When day came, she sent for her father and her husband and told them what had happened. After he had threatened her several times, she at length gave way. She prepared a meal for him, but after the meal Tarquinius pulled his sword and threatened her with death unless she yielded to his lust. the wife of Collatinus, a Roman noble and one of Sextus officers. He later returned to the house, and Lucretia welcomed him as a relative. This Sextus is the ill-famed Sextus Tarquinius, son of Lucius Tarquinius (called. Sextus Tarquinius, Collatinus's cousin, immediately caught fire with lust for Lucretia. When he reached his house, Collatinus found his wife Lucretia spinning with her maids. Collatinus boasted of his wife's fidelity and beauty and suggested that they all ride off to Collatia to prove the truth of his boast. During a break in the fighting during the siege of Ardea, the officers were entertained at a feast. late sixth century B.C., daughter of the consul Lucretius, was the wife of Tarquinius Collatinus, an officer in the Roman army. Ironically, public hatred of the Tarquins led Collatinus himself to resign the consulship and go into exile.LUCRECE Main Menu | List of entries | finished The rape of Collatinus' wife, Lucretia, by his cousin, Sextus Tarquinius, was the event that sparked the expulsion of the Roman kings. Īrruns' son was Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, one of the first Roman consuls in 509 BC. After subduing the Latin town of Collatia, Tarquin placed his nephew in command of the Roman garrison there. Ultimately, Tarquin succeeded Marcius as the fifth King of Rome. For this reason, the child was called Egerius, meaning "the needy one." Īt the urging of his wife, Tanaquil, Lucius Tarquinius migrated to Rome, where he found favour with the king, Ancus Marcius. Not knowing of his grandson, Demaratus left him no inheritance, and so Arruns was born into poverty despite his grandfather's wealth. Arruns died shortly before his father, leaving his wife pregnant. Demaratus had settled at Tarquinii during the seventh century BC, and married an Etruscan noblewoman. His father was Arruns Tarquinius, son of Demaratus of Corinth. She is found unconscious by her husband and his companions.Īrruns Tarquinius, commonly called Egerius, was a member of the royal family of early Rome. While her husband is away, the virtuous Lucretia is raped by Sextus Tarquinius, the king's son.
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