person
Lucretia
also: Lukrécia, Lucrezia
Lucretia (legendary, fl. c. 509 BC), Roman matron who killed herself after being raped by Tarquinius Superbus; her death sparked the founding of the Republic, making her the archetype of female patriotic sacrifice in Western literature.
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- First Attempts (Juvenilia) §119 Lucretia
Lucretia, legendary Roman matron who killed herself after being raped by Tarquinius Superbus; her death sparked the expulsion of the kings and the founding of the Republic. Madách invokes her as the archetype of female patriotic sacrifice.