The Rape of Lucrece (Shakespeare)

For works with similar titles, see Rape of Lucrece.

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Narrative poem, first published in 1594. It recounts the legend of the rape of the noblewoman Lucretia by Sextus Tarquinius, the son of Roman king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus; an act which, according to the legend, led to the overthrowing of the Roman monarchy and the establishment of the Roman Republic.

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Versions of The Rape of Lucrece include:

The Rape of Lucrece, in A Collection of Poems (1709).
The Rape of Lucrece, (ed.) by William Aldis Wright and reprinted for The Temple Shakespeare (1896). IA
The Rape of Lucrece, in Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, ⁠and the Minor Poems, (ed.) by Albert Feuillerat for The Yale Shakespeare (1927).