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List of rape victims from ancient history and mythology

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Rape is a common topic in history and mythology. A list of notable survivors from history and mythology includes:

Ancient history

  • Junilla, a daughter of Sejanus, which have been raped , and killed with the rope around her neck because of her vergin[1].She was 15 years old.
  • Lady Xi Gui 息媯 : Princess Xi Nü of Chen.She and her elder sister, Cai Nü, were respectively married off to the states of Xi and Cai. However, the ruler of Cai not only confined Cai Nü, but also imprisoned the beautiful Xi Nü, raping her and making her his concubine. The ruler of Xi appealed to King Wen of Chu, who led a great army and rescued her. Yet King Wen himself was captivated by her beauty; he destroyed the state of Xi, raped Xi Nü, and is said to have made her bear him two children[2]. After King Wen’s death, his younger brother Ziyuan forced her to live with him, and it is thought that she was assaulted again at that time.
  • Consorts of the Chen imperial harem,after the Sui dynasty conquered the Southern Chen dynasty, the army led by Han Qinhu(韩擒虎) raped them[3].
  • Yu Wenjun,an empress who was raped by the rebel troops.[4].And her servant girs were raped too[5].
  • Boudica's two daughters, raped by Roman soldiers
  • Rogneda of Polotsk or Gorislava; according to the Suzdalian Chronicle sub anno 1128, raped by Vladimir, half-brother of her betrothed Yaropolk I of Kiev, in the presence of her parents (10th century)[6]
  • A slave girl in Ibn Fadlan's account of a Norse funeral (c. 922), gang-raped and killed as part of a chief's funeral ritual
  • Li Zu'e, an empress who was raped by her brother-in-law and became pregnant
  • Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c. 1656), Italian Baroque artist
  • Xenia Borisovna, Russian princess, forcibly taken as a concubine by False Dmitry I
  • Periander, tyrant of Corinth, was said to have experienced rape by deception from his mother.
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Mythology

Greek mythology

Female

  • Alcippe a daughter of Ares; raped by Halirrhothius, the son of Poseidon. She is avenged by Ares, who kills Halirrhothius.
  • Alcmene; raped by Zeus in form of her husband Amphitryon, resulting in the birth of Heracles.
  • Apemosyne; raped by Hermes, after slipping on skinned hides that he placed on her path. Later killed by her angry brother who thought she was lying about being raped by the god and kicked her to death.
  • Atalanta; attempted rape by the centaurs Rhoecus and Hylaios, both of whom she slew with her bow.
  • Auge; raped by Heracles.
  • Aura; raped by Dionysus while she was drunk.
  • Callisto; raped by Zeus in the form of Artemis or Apollo, resulting in the birth of Arcas.
  • Cassandra; raped by Ajax the Lesser during the Sack of Troy.
  • Chione; raped by Hermes in her sleep.
  • Cassiopeia; raped by Zeus in the form of her husband Phoenix.
  • Chalciope, abducted and raped by Heracles who planned an attack on Cos at night, killing her father Eurypylus, because he wanted her.
  • Danae; raped by Zeus in the form of golden rain, resulting in the birth of Perseus.
  • Demeter; only to a much later myth,(Arcadian myth, written around 2 AD), Demeter was being pursued by her brother Poseidon, and she changed into a horse to escape him. Poseidon, however, transformed himself into a horse and, after cornering Demeter, raped his older sister, resulting in her giving birth to Despoina, a mysterious goddess, and Arion, a divine horse.
  • Dryope; raped by Apollo in the form of a snake.[7]
  • Europa; abducted by Zeus in the form of a white bull, then raped, resulting in the birth of Minos.
  • Halie; a Rhodian woman raped by her own sons.
  • Harpalyce; raped by her own father Clymenus.
  • Hera; raped by her brother (and later husband) Zeus.
  • Io; pursued and eventually raped by Zeus, transformed into a heifer.
  • Leda, raped by Zeus in the form of a swan.[8] This resulted in the birth of Helen of Troy and Polydeuces (Pollux).
  • Liriope; raped by the river god Cephissus, resulting in the birth of Narcissus.
  • Medusa; Neptune rapes her in Athena's temple. Instead of blaming Neptune, Athena punishes the beautiful Medusa for the violation of her temple, and curses her by transforming her from a maiden into a monster.
  • Metis; pursued and eventually raped by her cousin (and later husband) Zeus, resulting in the eventual birth of Athena.
  • Nemesis; raped by Zeus, her first cousin once removed, who relentlessly pursued her, changing many forms. In some versions, Nemesis is the mother of Helen of Troy rather than Leda.
  • Nicaea; raped by Dionysus while she was unconscious.
  • Persephone; raped by her uncle Hades and in Orphic tradition by her father Zeus disguised as a snake or as Hades himself. This resulted in the birth of Zagreus and Melinoë.
  • Philomela; raped by her brother-in-law Tereus.
  • Procris; raped by Minos.
  • Rhea; raped by her son Zeus.
  • Tyro; raped by Poseidon in the form of her beloved, the river-god Enipeus.

Male

Hebrew Bible

Main article: Rape in the Hebrew Bible
  • Dinah; raped by a Canaanite prince and avenged by her brothers.
  • Lot; raped by his daughters while under effect of alcohol, Genesis 19:30-38.
  • Tamar; raped by her half-brother Amnon and avenged by her brother Absalom.
  • Susanna; a Hebrew wife who was privately bathing, when two men spy upon her and try to extort her into have sexual relations with them, by making false allegations against her.

Norse mythology

Roman mythology

Knights of the Round Table

Jewish mythology

  • Adam; raped by Lilith after his fall. Out of revenge for trying to dominate her. Resulting in the creation of lilins
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