Tarpeia

American  

[tahr-pee-uh] / tɑrˈpi ə /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.

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Tarpeia British  

/ tɑːˈpiːə /

noun

1. (in Roman legend) a vestal virgin, who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was killed by them when she requested a reward

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Tarpeia

Around her, Tulla and Larinia stand, Tarpeia too, with brazen axe bedight, Italians all, the choicest of her band, In peace or war her glory and delight.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

X. The first maidens who were consecrated by Numa were named Gegania and Verenia; and afterwards Canuleia and Tarpeia were added.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart

Tarpeia and Pisidice and Rahab were her sisters; she hungered in her abasement for Judith's nobler guilt.

From Chivalry by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott

Tarpeia, dazzled by the splendour of his gold bracelets and glittering armour, could not resist the request of such a highly polished gentleman.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket

View from the Garden of the Rupe Tarpeia.

From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare

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