Sabine women
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The Sabine women are figures from Roman legend whose abduction and later intervention to stop a war between their birth families and Roman husbands became a foundational myth about conflict and reconciliation in early Rome.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
characters in Roman legend
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figures in Roman mythology → mythological group → |
| actionInMyth |
appealed to both Romans and Sabines to end the fighting
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placed themselves between opposing armies → |
| associatedWith |
Romulus
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early Rome → the Sabines → |
| category |
Founding myths of cities
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Mythological rape victims → Women in Roman mythology → |
| centralEvent |
abduction by early Romans
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intervention to stop war between Romans and Sabines → |
| consequenceOfAbduction |
war between Romans and Sabines
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| culturalFunction |
explanation of Rome’s mixed ethnic origins
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moral exemplum about loyalty and mediation → |
| ethnicity |
Sabine
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| familyRelationInMyth |
daughters of Sabine families
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| gender |
female
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| hasDepiction |
The Intervention of the Sabine Women (painting by Jacques-Louis David)
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The Rape of the Sabine Women (painting by Nicolas Poussin) → The Rape of the Sabine Women (sculpture by Giambologna) → |
| languageContext |
Latin literature
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| maritalStatusInMyth |
wives of early Roman men
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| mentionedIn |
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
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Plutarch’s Life of Romulus → |
| narrativeLocation |
Rome
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Sabine territory → |
| partOf |
Roman foundation myths
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| relatedConcept |
abduction in mythology
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intermarriage as political alliance → |
| relatedMyth |
Rape of the Sabine Women
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| relatedPeople |
Hersilia
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Titus Tatius → |
| resultOfIntervention |
political union of Romans and Sabines
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truce between Romans and Sabines → |
| roleInMyth |
agents of reconciliation between Romans and Sabines
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catalysts for conflict between Romans and Sabines → |
| symbolizes |
conflict between kinship and political loyalty
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integration of different peoples into Rome → reconciliation → |
| themeIn |
Neoclassical art
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Renaissance art → Roman art → |
| timeInMyth |
reign of Romulus
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Hersilia
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associatedWith |
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The Oath of the Horatii
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depicts |
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Hersilia
("Sabine (in many traditions)")
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ethnicOrigin |