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According to legend, after a rape spurred this man to end the tyrannical rule of the last of a series of kings and establish a more representative form of government, he committed a shocking act that demonstrated his anti-monarchist zeal. Many centuries later, at an appropriate moment in political history, that act inspired a painting by a great artist. Who was the man, what shocking thing did he do, and what is the painting? And who, by the way, was raped?
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#59511. Asked by lanfranco.
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peasypod
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Hmmmm, legend and rape. This sorta screams 'Rape of the Sabine Women' and Romulus.
I'll go see what I can dig up. Didn't Poussin do a nice scene depicting that?
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gmackematix
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I was thinking more of Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Ancient Rome, whose son raped Lucretia.
The Wiki article includes a Botticelli painting.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretia
Of course, Tarquin famously did his act whilst sporting a ravishing pair of strides!
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lanfranco
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Gmack's on the right trail (Lucretia is, in fact, the rape victim), but I still need the man who got rid of Tarquinius, the shocking act, and the painting created many centuries later...
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JaneofGaunt
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Brutus ordered the execution of his own sons following their siding with the Tarquins.
The painting is by Jacques Louis David; "The Lictors Bring To Brutus The Bodies of his Sons"
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/david/
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JaneofGaunt
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Egad - a dead heat!
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lanfranco
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A dead heat, indeed. I have to sort this out.
O.K., I'll give credit to gmack for more or less coming up with the "shocking act," and to gmack and Jane together for the David, and finally to Jane for the title of the painting. (Gmack, I must point out that Charlotte stabbed Marat.)
Yays to both of you!
Whew!
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