Τάρπεια
Tarpeia
Translated by David Whitehead25 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τάρπεια· ὄνομα.
Betacode
*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".
Linked from2 entries
- σ1757Σφραγίςseal, signet, signet-ring[*sfragi/s, genitive] sfragi=dos: [meaning] that which, through characters, marks the things being guarded. "Seeing the signet-rings [made] from gold and the bracelets [around] their hands, Tarpeia desired the gold".…
- τ150ΤάτιοςTatios, TatiusA proper name. "After protecting her father during his absence, she promised Tatius that she would betray the fort."
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