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Lucrece
Lucrece or Lucretia , in Roman legend, Roman matron, illustrious for her virtue. She was the victim of rape by Sextus, son of Tarquinius Superbus. Having enjoined her husband, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, and his friends to avenge her, she stabbed herself to death. The ensuing revolt drove the ... Read more
Lars Porsena
Lars Porsena or Lars Porsenna , semilegendary king of Clusium (modern Chiusi) in Etruria, who marched against Rome to reinstate the exiled Tarquinius Priscus. It was said that the heroism of such Romans as Horatius and Scaevola moved him to grant honorable terms of peace and to withdraw. However... Read more
Tarquin
Tarquin [Etruscan,=lord], in Roman tradition, an Etruscan family that ruled Rome. According to the historian Livy, when the rule of the Bacchiadae in Corinth was overthrown (c.657 BC) by the tyrant Cypselus, Demaratus, a Corinthian noble, migrated to Tarquinii, Etruria, where he married into one of... Read more
arch
arch the spanning of a wall opening by means of separate units (such as bricks or stone blocks) assembled into an upward curve that maintains its shape and stability through the mutual pressure of a load and the separate pieces. The weight of the supported load is thus converted into downward and o... Read more
Brutus
Brutus , in ancient Rome, a surname of the Junian gens. Lucius Junius Brutus, fl. 510 BC, was the founder of the Roman republic. He feigned idiocy to escape death at the hands of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (see under Tarquin ). Roman historians tell how he led the Romans in expelling the Tarquins... Read more

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Tarquin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...a citizen, and took the name Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. He rose to high position...was murdered by Priscus' son Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud), who...Lucretia (see Lucrece ) by his son Sextus Tarquinius. After the subsequent suicide of Lucretia...
Lucrece
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Roman matron, illustrious for her virtue. She was the victim of rape by Sextus, son of Tarquinius Superbus. Having enjoined her husband, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, and his friends to avenge her, she stabbed herself to death. The ensuing...
rape
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...46 bc: [e]ven if there was no written law against rape at Rome in the reign of Lucius Tarquinius, we cannot say on that account that Sextus Tarquinius did not break that eternal Law by violating Lucretia, the daughter of Tricipitinus! For...
Lucretia
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Lucretia, or Lucrece , a celebrated Roman lady, daughter of Lucretius and wife of Tarquinius Collatinus, whose beauty inflamed the passion of Sextus (son of Tarquin, king of Rome), who raped her. Lucretia, after informing...
Sibyl
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Sibyl Prophetess of Greek and Roman mythology. The Sibyl of Cumae offered nine books of her prophecies to Tarquinius Superbus of Rome. He refused her price, so she began burning the books until he bought the remaining three for the price she...
Lars Porsena
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Lars Porsenna , semilegendary king of Clusium (modern Chiusi) in Etruria, who marched against Rome to reinstate the exiled Tarquinius Priscus. It was said that the heroism of such Romans as Horatius and Scaevola moved him to grant honorable terms of peace...
Brutus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Junius Brutus, fl. 510 BC, was the founder of the Roman republic. He feigned idiocy to escape death at the hands of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (see under Tarquin ). Roman historians tell how he led the Romans in expelling the Tarquins after the rape of Lucrece...
arch
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...vaulted and domed chambers. In Europe the oldest known arch is the Cloaca Maxima, the huge drain at Rome built by Lucius Tarquinius Priscus c.578 BC The Romans developed the semicircular arch, modeled on earlier Etruscan structures, in the vaults and...
Gabii
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...legend, Romulus was reared there. One of the most important of the Latin cities, it supposedly resisted a siege by Lucius Tarquinius Superbus but was early overshadowed by Rome and had lost all importance even in the days of the republic. The modern village...

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Tarquinius
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Tarquinius the name of the semi-legendary Etruscan kings of ancient Rome; anglicized name Tarquin . Tarquinius Superbus , ‘Tarquin the Proud’, reigned c. 534–510 bc. Noted for his cruelty, he was expelled...
Superbus, Lucius Tarquinius
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Superbus, Lucius Tarquinius See TARQUIN .
Priscus, Lucius Tarquinius
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Priscus, Lucius Tarquinius See TARQUIN .
sibyl
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...visited by Aeneas . It was the Cumaean Sibyl who was said to have offered nine books of oracles to Tarquin the Proud (see Tarquinius ), the last king of Rome; when he repeatedly refused to pay the price she asked, she burned six of the nine Sibylline books...
Kraus, Otakar
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...x2013;9, then settled in Eng. 1940, singing with Carl Rosa Opera 1943–6. Joined EOG 1946, creating Tarquinius in Britten's Rape of Lucretia . Netherlands Opera 1950–1. Member of CG Opera Co. 1951–73. Created...
Porsena, Lars
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Porsena, Lars (6th century bc ), a legendary Etruscan chieftain, king of the town of Clusium. Summoned by Tarquinius Superbus after the latter's overthrow and exile from Rome, Porsena subsequently laid siege to the city, but did not succeed...
Lucretia
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Lucretia in Roman legend, a woman who was raped by a son of Tarquinius Superbus and took her own life; this led to the expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome by a rebellion under Brutus.
poppy
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...look is not matched by real worth. References are also made to the story of the legendary Roman king Tarquin the Proud (see Tarquinius ), who is said to have demonstrated how to deal with presumption or rebellion by silently striking off the heads of a row...
Rome
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Viminal, and Quirinal). Rome was ruled by kings until the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus in 510 bc led to the establishment of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire. By the time of the...

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Lucretia avenged.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...group of them drank wine in the quarters of Tarquinius Superbus' son, Sextus Tarquinius, boasting began. Every man spoke about how...hands down, but the evil and greedy Sextus Tarquinius was smitten with desire for his friend's...
'Lucretia' tells tale of legendary Roman figure
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 1/28/2010; ; 700+ words ; ...the founding of the Roman Republic. Tarquinius, who seized power with bribes, murders...had been faithful. Junius challenges Tarquinius' claim that all women can be won...claim. With Collatinus away from home, Tarquinius stops at his house and receives the...
Music, vocalists make `Lucretia' vital
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/6/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Duncan. The story takes place in 6th century BC Rome, then under the Etruscan tyrant Tarquinius Superbus, whose son, Tarquinius Sextus, the play's Tarquinius, is leading a military campaign. He is the plot's blunt instrument with which...
Classical: Fear and self-loathing in east Suffolk The Rape of Lucretia, which opens this year's Aldeburgh Festival, is an intrinsically undramatic opera, but it lays bear Britten's inner turmoil, the director David McVicar tells Edward Seckerson
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/8/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...experiences very dark emotions through the opera, because he lives vicariously through Tarquinius and has an almost erotic yearning towards Tarquinius. Tarquinius is the beast within Male Chorus." So it's a dark and forbidding place that McVicar...
Review: Pittsburgh Opera production of 'Rape of Lucretia' powerful, evocative
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 2/4/2010; ; 700+ words ; ...the Roman republic and empire -- is Tarquinius. He and his generals, Junius and Collatinus...heart-rending as Lucretia pleads with Tarquinius not to rape her. He does so anyway...the text. The vile road to power by Tarquinius show him to be a villain even before...
The Critics: Classical - Witness the perfect treatment of a woman defiled
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/17/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...cuckold. "Not Lucretia," replies Tarquinius (Christopher Maltman), his lust as...inevitability of the tragedy. It is not Tarquinius who is on trial - he is simply acting...us into uncomfortable complicity with Tarquinius. It's sadly easy to be seduced by...
The Modern `Lucretia';At Wolf Trap, Britten's Controversial Tale of Rome
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/1/1988; ; 697 words ; ...with Greece and ruled by the ruthless Etruscan Tarquinius Superbus, whose son Tarquinius Sextus is drinking with two Roman generals...After Collatinus goes to bed, Junius persuades Tarquinius to ride into Rome and test Lucretia's virtue...
"LUCRETIA' WORTH ANOTHER LOOK; MEMORABLE MUSIC UNDERSCORES ABSORBING PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNEY.(CNY)(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 8/2/2001; 700+ words ; ...of Rome, the Etruscan king's son, Tarquinius, and two Roman generals are drinking...husband, Collatinus, while the unmarried Tarquinius, used to having his way with women...in Rome he can't have: Lucretia. Tarquinius rides to Collatinus' home later that...
To be or not to be distracted by directors
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/5/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Lucretia has its ambiguities. Why is Tarquinius given the most beautiful aria in the...But she admits that in her dreams Tarquinius has "always been the tiger". After the rape, this Tarquinius thoughtfully covered her with a sheet...
ENO's season ends with all guns blazing Opera
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 6/24/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...is in some terrible way attracted to Tarquinius and is complicit in her downfall. But...will have none of it. Lucretia strikes Tarquinius twice before he rapes her, and McVicar...colour, tension and significance. When Tarquinius lullingly sings "Lucretia", the orchestra...