Tarpeia

[ tahr-pee-uh ]

/ tɑrˈpi ə /

a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.

Example sentences from the Web for tarpeia

His praise had always been like the warriors' shields clanging over poor Tarpeia,—precious, but too crushing.

Rose MacLeod |Alice Brown
Shall we be buried under them like Tarpeia under the Sabine shields?

On Books and the Housing of Them |William Ewart Gladstone
The palace of the Princess Tarpeia was the most celebrated in Rome, one of the most ancient, and certainly the most beautiful.

Lothair |Benjamin Disraeli
Tarpeia meant it in the former sense; Tatius chose to understand it in the latter.

Selections from Viri Romae |Charles Franois L'Homond

Quibus dolose promissis, Tarpeia Sabinos in arcem perduxit, ubi Tatius scutis eam obrui iussit; nam et ea in laevis habuerant.

Selections from Viri Romae |Charles Franois L'Homond

Tarpeia

/ (tɑːˈpiːə) /

(in Roman legend) a vestal virgin, who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was killed by them when she requested a reward