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Noblewoman whose rape and suicide become the revenge myth of the Roman republic.
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Lucretia
Noblewoman whose rape and suicide become the revenge myth of the Roman republic.
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Glossary
Roman woman whose rape and suicide Jiang presents as a founding myth of the Roman Republic and as Augustine's target for reversing Roman honor into Christian pride.
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Lucretia’s rape becomes the hinge from monarchy to republic because Roman honor converts injury into revenge rather than consolation.
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Jiang says Roman memory honors Lucretia's suicide as the act that gives birth to the Roman Republic, but Augustine reframes it as shame, pride, and ego.
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Lucretia's rape and suicide are narrated as the event that makes Brutus and the nobility honor-bound to overthrow the king.
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"...And his son falls in love with a noble woman named Lucretia. But Lucretia is already married to a man named Colantinus. And so,..."
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"They found Lucretia sitting in her room, prostrate with grief. As they entered, she burst into tears, and to her husband's inquiry whether all..."
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"Lucretia. Remember who Lucretia is. Lucretia, we discussed Lucretia when we discussed the history of the Roman Republic. At first, Rome was a monarchy,..."
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"So she's honored and considered a hero by the Roman people. And what Augustine will say is, no, she's not a hero because she..."
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"...who's notorious or who's famous for her virtue. His name is Lucretia. And the prince thinks raping her will be the most fun. Okay?..."
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"...is very much opposed to the tyranny of the king. And Lucretia says to her husband and to his friend Lucius Brutus, I've been..."
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"...from the penalty. No unchaste woman shall henceforth live and plead Lucretia's example. She had a knife concealed in her dress, which she plunged..."
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"...try to console her, and they know she's distraught, okay? But Lucretia is like, no, I don't want to be consoled. I want revenge...."
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"So they take these myths. So the death of Lucretia, Musius burning his hand, the rape of the Sabine woman, and they use it..."
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"Okay? So that's Hector. But also, think about Lucretia. Lucretia. Lucretia, remember, is the woman, noblewoman, who is raped by the son of Tarquinius..."
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"...bad thing, OK? So to do so... So he talks about Lucretia."
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