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Headword: *ta/rpeia
Adler number: tau,127
Translated headword: Tarpeia
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A name.
Greek Original:
*ta/rpeia: o)/noma.
Notes:
The Tarpeian Rock was a cliff-edge of the Capitol in Rome, from which murderers and traitors were hurled. As an aetiology for this, early Roman historians told the story of Tarpeia, a woman who featured (as either traitor or heroine) in the war between Romulus and Titius Tatius; cf. under sigma 1757.
See further OCD(4) s.v. "Tarpeia" and "Tarpeian Rock".
Keywords: aetiology; biography; definition; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 25 June 2001@08:55:14.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 18 January 2004@01:49:43.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 20 September 2004@03:59:28.
David Whitehead on 3 June 2013@10:04:46.
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