Tarpeia

[239] "Tarpeia" in M. Salomon Reinach's _Cults, M.ths and Religions_

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

Gegania and Verenia, it is recorded, were the names of the first two virgins consecrated and ordained by Numa; Canuleia and Tarpeia succeeded; Servius afterwards added two, and the number of four has continued to the present time.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Simylus, the poet, who thinks Tarpeia betrayed the Capitol, not to the Sabines, but the Gauls, having fallen in love with their king, talks mere folly, saying thus: —

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

‘Because Mr Meddlechip suffers from too much money, and has to get rid of it to prevent himself being crushed like Tarpeia by the Sabine shields, he is called charitable.’

Madame Midas 2003

Tarpeia afterwards was buried there, and the hill from her was called Tarpeius, until the reign of king Tarquin, who dedicated the place to Jupiter, at which time her bones were removed, and so it lost her name, except only that part of the Capitol which they still call the Tarpeian Rock, from which they used to cast down malefactors.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Tarpeius their captain; not Tarpeia the virgin, as some say who would make Romulus a fool.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Charlotte Butler, the latter by Lady Slingsby, who acted Tarpeia.

A Memoir of Mrs. Behn 2002

Coming from the mouth of the perjured Tarpeia they were of course winged with point unmistakable.

A Memoir of Mrs. Behn 2002

It tends to choke the soul, to crush it by the weight of worldly things, as Tarpeia was crushed by the Sabine shields.

Problems of Conduct Durant Drake

When it was perfectly dark and still, Tarpeia stole from her bed, took the great key from its place, and silently unlocked the gate which protected the city.

How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Sara Cone Bryant