Hersilia

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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.

Aliases (1)

Hersilia (no widely used alternative classical spelling) ×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 (as a character in early Roman history) → Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome) → Plutarch’s Life of Romulus →
associatedWith	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	Ancient Rome →
culture	Roman →
deityName	Hora (in some accounts) →
domain	Roman mythology →
ethnicOrigin	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	abduction of the Sabine women → subsequent war between Romans and Sabines →
nameVariant	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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Intervention of the Sabine Women →	depictsCharacter
Hersilia ("Hersilia (no widely used alternative classical spelling)") →	nameVariant
Sabine women →	relatedPeople