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Annotated Bibliography

Name: Cameron Blaikie

Wikipedia Topic: The Rape of the Sabine Women

1)   Brown, Robert. “Livy's Sabine Women and the Ideal of Concordia.” Transactions of the American Philological Association 125 (1995): 291-319.

Brown discusses differences in the historical accounts that will be beneficial to bring up in the article. When discussing the pretext for Romulus and the Roman men to take the Sabine women, Livy describes it as solely out of the need for women to repopulate the city. Brown points out that Dionysius, along with others, looks at the abduction as a way to secure alliances through their newly found relationships. I think by using Brown’s article there is potential for a ‘Historical Analysis’ section to be added to the article where the differences in these accounts can be discussed.

2)   David, Jacques-Louis. “The Intervention of the Sabine Women.” 1799. Louvre, Paris.  ( https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/intervention-sabine-women ).

This source will be used to add citations and improve the current description of David’s work. The current article puts a lot of emphasis on the artistic representations of the Rape of the Sabine women but many of them, like David’s, are missing proper citations.

3)   Mathisen, Ralph W. Anceint Roman Civilization. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Although Mathisen only briefly discusses the Sabine women he does offer some good information that I will be able to use to improve the historical accuracy article. He describes the Sabines as Italic peoples, describes the event as “the kidnapping of the Sabine women” (which is not mentioned in the article), and describes Rome as being populated by bandits, Latins, and Italic peoples.

4)   Plutarch. The Parallel Lives, The Life of Romulus.   http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Romulus*.html#note10.

Plutarch’s The Parallel Lives is another ancient source like Livy’s, and though it was written after Livy’s The History of Rome, it still provides further insight into the myth and how it was perceived at the time Plutarch was writing in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Much like what I will be using Livy’s source for, I will be using Plutarch’s work to add more specific and relevant details to the myth that the article has left out. From Plutarch I will be taking information like the signal used by Romulus was throwing his cloak around his body, the Romans only seized thirty Sabine women, one of whom (Hersilia) would later become Romulus’ wife, etc. Plutarch also discusses some differing accounts among various historians that could be used in conjunction with Brown’s source.

5)   Rubens, Peter Paul. “The Rape of the Sabine Women.” Oil on oak. 1635-40. The National Gallery, London. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/peter-paul-rubens-the-rape-of-the-sabine-women

This source will be used to add citations and improve the description of Peter Paul Ruben’s work. The current article does not provide any description of Ruben’s painting like it does for Jacques-Louis David and others. By utilizing the information on Ruben’s work from the National gallery’s website I will be able to provide an overview of Ruben’s work that has been left out of the current article.

6)   Titus Livius (Livy). The History of Rome, Book 1. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0026:book=1.

Livy’s The History of Rome is the most essential source for updating the Rape of the Sabine women page. Livy’s history is where the myth is first told and is already used throughout the current article. While Livy is referenced in the current article, the article still leaves out a fair amount of relevant information that Livy puts forward. What I will be using Livy’s work for is to add more specific details that the article currently leaves out like it was on the advice of the senate that the Roman men went looking for wives, etc.