Hersilia

E71017

Roman mythological figure mythological figure

Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hersilia canonical	4
Hersilia (no widely used alternative classical spelling)	1
Hersilia (traditionally attributed)	1
Pompilia	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman mythological figure ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
action	intervened to stop the war between Romans and Sabines ⓘ pleaded for peace between her Roman husbands and Sabine relatives ⓘ
afterlifeStatus	deified in some traditions ⓘ
appearsIn	Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ surface form: Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita (as a character in early Roman history) Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome) ⓘ Life of Romulus ⓘ surface form: Plutarch’s Life of Romulus
associatedWith	The Rape of the Sabine Women ⓘ surface form: Rape of the Sabine Women Romulus ⓘ Sabine women ⓘ
category	Characters in Roman legendary history ⓘ Deified humans in Roman tradition (in some accounts) ⓘ Queens in Roman mythology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Rome
culture	Roman ⓘ
deityName	Inter-Hours ⓘ surface form: Hora (in some accounts)
domain	Roman religion ⓘ surface form: Roman mythology
ethnicOrigin	Sabine women ⓘ surface form: Sabine (in many traditions)
familyBackground	often described as of Sabine origin ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasHusbandRole	Romulus as first king of Rome ⓘ
influenceOn	later literary depictions of virtuous Roman matrons ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
literaryType	legendary character ⓘ
motherOf	children of Romulus (various traditions) ⓘ
mythologicalEvent	The Rape of the Sabine Women ⓘ surface form: abduction of the Sabine women subsequent war between Romans and Sabines ⓘ
nameVariant	Hersilia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hersilia (no widely used alternative classical spelling)
narrativeFunction	symbol of reconciliation between warring peoples ⓘ
narrativeStatus	semi-legendary ⓘ
partOf	Roman foundation myths ⓘ
position	queen of Rome ⓘ
relatedConcept	Roman–Sabine synoecism (union of peoples) ⓘ foundation of Rome ⓘ
role	mediator between Romans and Sabines ⓘ peacemaker in the Sabine women conflict ⓘ wife of Romulus ⓘ
sourceType	ancient literary sources and later mythographic traditions ⓘ
spouse	Romulus ⓘ
symbolizes	integration of Romans and Sabines ⓘ mediation ⓘ peace ⓘ
timePeriod	mythic early regal period of Rome ⓘ
transformation	elevated to the status of a goddess after death (in some versions) ⓘ
veneratedIn	Ancient Roman religion ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

The Intervention of the Sabine Women → depictsCharacter → Hersilia ⓘ

Sabine women → relatedPeople → Hersilia ⓘ

Hersilia → nameVariant → Hersilia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hersilia (no widely used alternative classical spelling)

Numa Pompilius → mother → Hersilia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pompilia

Tullus Hostilius → spouse → Hersilia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hersilia (traditionally attributed)

Romulus → spouse → Hersilia ⓘ

Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome) → containsMyth → Hersilia ⓘ

subject surface form: Ovid’s Fasti