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Iconclass-luokkakäsite: Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus having found two snakes in his house or bed, having consulted an haruspex, kills the male serpent and lets the female serpent go; thus he causes his own death, and saves the life of his wife Cornelia
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Iconclass-tunnus | 98 B (GRACCHUS, TIB. S.) 41 |
laajempi käsite | aggressive relationships of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus |
liittyy | Admetus finds serpents in his marriage-bed |
nimi | Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus having found two snakes in his house or bed, having consulted an haruspex, kills the male serpent and lets the female serpent go; thus he causes his own death, and saves the life of his wife Cornelia |
suppeampi käsite | while Tiberius Gracchus makes a sacrifice two snakes appear (an haruspex explains the portent; his warning is confirmed soon after, when Tiberius is killed in an ambush) |