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

Pope, accused of magic, 220 Tarpeia, 140 Taylor, Jeremy, his Liberty of Prophesying, 472 Terence and Menander, 259 Tertullian, 327 Thales, xiii.

From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by John Henry Newman

Imagine the man smothered under stacks of perfumed notes, as Tarpeia was under the shields and bracelets!

From Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

It happened that Tarpeius, the chief who held this fortress, had a daughter named Tarpeia, who was deeply affected by that love of finery which has caused abundant mischief since her day.

From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

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

Mrs. Behn contributed both Prologue and Epilogue, the former being spoken by that sweet-voiced blonde, winsome Charlotte Butler, the latter by Lady Slingsby, who acted Tarpeia.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Montague Summers