The Rape of Lucrece
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The Rape of Lucrece is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia. In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare had included a dedicatory le
Tarquin and Lucretia by Titian
Lucretia, Rembrandt, 1666
Title page of the sixth edition of The Rape of Lucrece (1616).
The suicide of Lucretia, by Jörg Breu the Elder
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's
The Rape of Lucrece
…The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia. In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis (1593), Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter…
The Chandos portrait, likely depicting Shakespeare, c. 1611
John Shakespeare's house, believed to be Shakespeare's birthplace, in Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare's coat of arms, from the 1602 book The book of coates and creasts. Promptuarium armorum. It features spears as a pun on the family name.
Shakespeare's funerary monument in Stratford-upon-Avon