Lukrecja – wzór dla Rzymianek. Historia niezbyt słodka
Lucrece as a model for Roman women. The story that is not very sweet

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the story of Lucrece, legendary heroine and noble wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, whose suicide was presented many times in the ancient Roman and Renaissance literature by historiographers and poets. The author compares few versions of Lucrece’s story focusing on her virtues (like castitas, obstinata pudicitia, decus muliebris) that became canonical features characterising the Roman matrona.

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