Sabine women

E69472

characters in Roman legend figures in Roman mythology mythological group

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sabine women canonical	4
Sabine (in many traditions)	1

Statements (45)

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

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Oath of the Horatii → depicts → Sabine women ⓘ

Hersilia → associatedWith → Sabine women ⓘ

Hersilia → ethnicOrigin → Sabine women ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sabine (in many traditions)

The Rape of the Sabine Women → depictsCharacter → Sabine women ⓘ

subject surface form: The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin)

Romulus → associatedWith → Sabine women ⓘ