Lucretia Flashcards
Who was Lurcita?
the wife of Collatinus an important general
How is Lucretia better then the other wives?
she is weaving alone whereas the others are partying
What does Livy say about her weaving?
‘sitting at her wool work in the hall, late at night’
What did Sextus Tarquinius do to Lucretia?
wants to ruin her reputation as revenge
How does Sexus get Lucretia to cheat?
threatens her with death (doesn’t work) but then threatens her pudictia after she is dead
What does pudicitia mean?
a roman women’s sexual reputation
How does pudicidita relate to Lucretia?
she is very modest and puts it above everything
What does Lucretia do after she is raped?
calls on her husband and father to avenge her then she kills herself
What do her actions tell us about roman women?
they should pride their pudictia over everything even life
How do her relives react to this?
got rid of the monarchy and started a new republic
What does Livy say about Tarquinius rage and passion?
‘inflamed by the beauty and exemplary purity” or “formed the vile project of effecting her dishonour”
What does Livy say Sextus does?
“went in the frenzy of his passion with a naked sword”
What does Livy say that Sextus say to her?
“lay the naked corpse of the slave by her dead body, so that it might be said that she had been slain in foul adultery”
What does Livy say about how she reacts to this?
“overwhelmed with heirs at such a frightful outrage”
What does Livy say she said to her husband and father?
“what can be well with a women when her honour is lost”
