![]() ![]() 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. Lucrece is the French variant of Latin Lucretia, feminine of Lucretius, the name of a Roman clan. Lucresse is a virtuous wife, but Alceste surpasses her, LGW F 257, LGW G 211. 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. Find great deals on Lucretia, Brutus and Collatinus Giclee Print by Ercole de Roberti at, with fast shipping, free returns, and custom. After a transition period where Lucretia's father ruled Rome in anticipation of an election, her husband Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus was elected as one of the first two consuls (rulers who shared the power between them and were elected for terms of only one year). 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. Of the married men (Tarquinius goes to brothels) only Collatinus can boast a wife, Lucretia, who was discovered sleeping alone in her husbands absence. 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. He later returned to the house, and Lucretia welcomed him as a relative. 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. Bianca attempts to stop the messenger, but is too late. 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. Lucretia sends a messenger to bring her husband Collatinus home. 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. This work, which was made around 1535, is not attributed to Cranach himself, but to a gifted pupil possibly the Master of the Mass of Saint Gregory.LUCRECE Main Menu | List of entries | finished In Cranach’s representations, the story is always narrowed down to the heroine herself and the moment of her suicide, rather than a more detailed narrative depiction. The exciting interaction between the moralising message and the provocative nudity made this theme popular in Cranach’s workshop. Lucretia’s expression is one of calmness and dignity, and she is not indulging in drama. In her left hand, she is holding the weapon and pressing it against her exposed belly. She is also wearing a necklace of pearls and jewels, and a longer gold chain that Cranach often painted on his female figures. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome, was involved in a war against Ardea, so he sent his son Sextus Tarquinius to Collatia on a military mission. Her curly hair is gathered up in a gold-coloured hairnet. The husband of Lucretia was Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, one of the leaders of the revolution that erupted as a result of his wife's death. This panel shows a standing Lucretia, dressed in sixteenth-century clothing and coiffure. She committed suicide in order to remove the slur on her family’s good name. Lucretia was a devout wife, but during the absence of her husband Tarquinius Collatinus she was seduced and raped by the son of the Etruscan king, Sextus Tarquinius. The legend of Lucretia’s suicide is referred to in the work of the Roman historian Titus Livius, among others.
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