FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
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A fairy queen
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A Roman matron
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A villainess
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A beggar woman
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lucretia, legendary heroine of ancient Rome. According to tradition, she was the beautiful and virtuous wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Her tragedy began when she was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, son of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the tyrannical Etruscan king of Rome.
Detailed explanation-2: -In The History, Livy narrates the rape of a Roman matron, Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus, by Sextus Tarquinius, son of the king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud), the seventh and last king of Rome (reigned 534/535–509/510 B.C.).
Detailed explanation-3: -Many historians believe that the story is based on a real woman named Lucretia played a part in the historical downfall a monarchy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sextus Tarquinius, son of the Etruscan King of Rome, forced the Roman matron to submit to his advances by threatening to kill her and, then, to make it seem that she had been caught in adultery. Afterward, Lucretia told her family of this outrage and took her own life.
Detailed explanation-5: -Lucretia is an auspicious girl’s name of Latin origin. It means “succeed, ” “wealth, ” or “prosperity, ” from the Latin family name Lucretius. It is most commonly associated with the Spanish-Italian noblewoman Lucrezia Borgia-Medieval Italy’s IRL femme fatale-and Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott.