According to Livy, Lucretia was an exemplar of “beauty and purity,” as well as Roman standards. The marriage between Lucretia and Collatinus was depicted as the ideal Roman union, as both Lucretia and Collatinus were faithfully devoted to one another. Lucretia was the daughter of magistrate Spurius Lucretius and the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Photo courtesy Musée des Augustins, Wikimedia Commons A less common depiction of Lucretia weaving with her ladies. Willem de Poorter’s Lucrèce à l’ouvrage (1633). Much like the rape of the Sabine women, Lucretia’s story provides an explanation for historical change in Rome through a recounting of sexual assault against women. According to modern sources, Lucretia’s narrative is considered a part of Roman mythohistory. However, specific details are debatable and vary depending on the writer. The evidence points to the historical existence of a woman named Lucretia and an event that played a critical part in the downfall of the monarchy. Secondary sources on the establishment of the republic reiterate the basic events of Lucretia’s story, though accounts vary slightly between historians. Information regarding Lucretia, her rape and suicide, and the consequence of this being the start of the Roman Republic, come from the accounts of Roman historian Livy and Greco-Roman historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus approximately 500 years later. There are no contemporary sources of Lucretia and the event. As a result, the prominent families instituted a republic, drove the extensive royal family of Tarquin from Rome, and successfully defended the republic against attempted Etruscan and Latin intervention. The incident kindled the flames of dissatisfaction over the tyrannical methods of Tarquin’s father, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome. Lucretia’s story provides an explanation for historical change in Rome through a recounting of sexual assault against women.Īccording to Roman tradition, Lucretia, anglicized as Lucrece, was a noblewoman in ancient Rome, whose rape by Sextus Tarquinius (Tarquin) and subsequent suicide precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic. Photo courtesy Fitzwilliam Museum, Wikimedia Commons A depiction of Lucretia’s rape by Sextus Tarquinius. Gwallidigezh hag emlazh Lucretia zo bet livet meur a wech, gant Tizian (div daolenn), Giampietrino, Rembrandt, Dürer, Raffaello, Sandro Botticelli, Paolo Veronese, Jörg Breu an Henañ, Johannes Moreelse, Simon Vouet, ha re all.Titian’s Tarquin and Lucretia (1571). The Rape of Lucretia, un opera gant Benjamin Britten e 1946.e Le Viol de Lucrèce, ur pezh-c'hoari eus 1931 gant André Obey.e Lucrèce, un drajedienn eus 1566 gant Nicolas Filleul.e The Rape of Lucrece, ur pezh-c'hoari eus ar bloavezh 1607 gant Thomas Heywood.Two ladies fair, but most unfortunate Have in their ruins rais'd declining Rome, Lucretia and Virginia, both renowned For chastity ( Titus Andronicus) e The Rape of Lucrece, ur varzhoneg eus 1594 gant William Shakespeare a venegas anezhi ivez en e bezh-c'hoari ( Titus Andronicus).e The Legend of Good Women, ur varzhoneg eus 1380 gant Geoffrey Chaucer,.
Hervez ar vojenn eta eo war-lerc'h gwallidigezh Lucretia e voe savet ar Republik e -509.Īnavezet eo istor gwallidigezh Lucretia dre an istorour roman Titus Livius, a gont an darvoud e dibenn e levr kentañ (chap. Neuze ez eas ar wazed a oa en-dro dezhi da sevel ar bobl, ha Lucius Junius Brutus en o fenn, o tiskouez korf ar wreg lazhet, hag int ha kerzhout war-du Roma.Įrru eno e savjont ar bobl adarre a-enep tiegezh ar roue, ha diskar ar roueelezh.Įdo ar roue Lucius Tarquinius Superbus o vrezeliñ pellik diouzh Roma, setu e rankas distreiñ buanañ ma c'hallas, met pa zegouezhas e oa kloz perzhier kêr, ma rankas mont en harlu da Etruria. Goude displegañ dezho petra a oa c'hoarvezet, ha goulennet digante he dialañ, en em lazhas dirake gant ur gontell.
Pa voe aet kuit an torfedour e c'halvas Lucretia he zad hag he fried ha Lucius Junius Brutus a oa gante. Un deiz ma oa bet pedet mab ar roue gant e bred da di an daou bried e wallas Lucretia, hag e reas evel-se daou dorfed war un dro: unan a-enep ur wreg roman, unan all enep lezennoù an degemerusted. Brudet e oa he c'hened ha brudetoc'h c'hoazh he vertuz.Īr roue Tarquinius, pe Lucius Tarquinius Superbus ( superbus, a dalv kement ha "lorc'h ennañ"), roue diwezhañ Roma, en doa ur mab, Sextus Tarquinius, un den feuls ha drouk, en doa c'hoant da louzañ vertuz ar wreg feal. Merc'h e oa da Spurius Lucretius ha gwreg da Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Lucretia ( Lucrezia en italianeg) zo ur vaouez eus istor mojennel Roma, hervez m'eo kontet gant Titus Livius.
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