Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

The Rape of The Sabines

1965; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 15; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0009838800008740

1471-6844

A. E. Wardman,

Classical Antiquity Studies

According to the Ars Amatoria the notorious rape took place on the occasion of a primitive dramatic entertainment staged in a theatre, in which the seats and furnishings were also primitive. There is no time for a description of the arts of the performers— a tibicen and a ludius —before the Romans, impatient for action, receive their signal from Romulus. Nor is there any mention of a god in whose honour the entertainment had been provided.