Cloelia

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Cloelia is a legendary Roman maiden celebrated for her courageous escape from Etruscan captivity and her role in early Roman heroic tradition.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cloelia canonical 6
Cloelia (Latin) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman heroine
legendary figure
woman in Roman mythology
associatedWith Lars Porsenna
Roman–Etruscan wars
hostage exchange between Romans and Etruscans
capturedBy Etruscans
choseToFree young Roman boys
commemoratedBy equestrian statue
connectedTo Horatius Cocles
linked to: Horatius

Mucius Scaevola
culture Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
escapedFrom Etruscan camp
escapeMethod swimming across the Tiber River
ethnicOrigin Roman
gender female
grantedChoiceOf selecting some hostages to be freed
groupedWith other early Roman patriotic heroes
hasLegendStatus semi-historical
heldAs hostage
honoredBy Roman Senate
Roman people
linked to: Romans
led group of Roman maidens
literaryGenre Roman legendary history
mentionedIn Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Plutarch’s writings on early Rome
moralExemplarIn Roman education and moral discourse
narrativeRole exemplar of Roman courage for women
exemplar of Roman virtus
notableFor courage
escape from Etruscan captivity
leadership of Roman maidens
returnedTo Roman territory
rewardedBy Lars Porsenna
roleInTradition model of virtuous female agency
sourceLanguageName Cloelia (Latin)
linked to: Cloelia
statueLocation Roman Forum
Via Sacra in Rome
linked to: Via Sacra
symbolOf Roman patriotism
female bravery in Roman tradition
timePeriod early Roman Republic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cloelia name Cloelia
Clelia derivedFrom Cloelia
Clelia associatedWith Cloelia
Clelia hasVariant Cloelia
Cloelia sourceLanguageName Cloelia (Latin)
linked to: Cloelia