Cornelia mother of the Gracchi
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- phi0031
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- urn:cite:perseus:author.405
- Phi id:
- phi0031
- Stoa id:
- stoa0099
- Alt id:
- LCCN nr 95039337
- Name:
- Cornelia mother of the Gracchi
- Alt names:
- Cornelia, mater Gracchorum
- Field of activity:
- Epistolary
- Notes:
- Her Epistula, fragmenta, 1991: PHI CD ROM #5.3, Latin Canon,
bibliographic screen (Cornelia, mater Gracchorum)
Pauly-Wissowa: 7. Halbbd., col. 1592-1595
"
Cornelius"
, #407 (Cornelia
younger daughter of Scipio Africanus
and Aemilia Tertia
married Ti. Sempronius Gracchus and bore him 12 children, alternately boys
and girls
supported her children in their political ambitions
retired to Misenum and
remained in contact with prominent persons
named "
mother of the
Gracchi"
, a model of Roman womanhood)
Oxford class. dict., 1st ed.: p. 236 (Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi
2nd daughter of Scipio Africanus
married Ti. Semporonius Gracchus
devoted herself to her
surviving children, Tiberius, Gaius, and Sempronia
survived her children
tradition made her
the model of Roman matronhood)
Dict. of Greek and Roman biog. and mythology, 1967: v. 1, p. 351-352
"
Cornelia"
, #5 (Cornelia
younger daughter of Scipio Africanus the
elder
married to Ti. Sempronius Gracchus
mother of the two tribunes Tiberius and Gaius
mother-in-law of Scipio Africanus the Younger
retired to Misenum after the death of her sons,
where she remained in contact with prominent figures
upon her death, the Roman people erected
a statue to her with the inscription Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi)
NUC pre-56
Brill's New Pauly: "Younger daughter of P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus
and Aemilia Tertia, b. c. 190 BC
c. 176/5 she married Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. Of her 12
children only three survived early childhood...
- Author info:
- Smith's Dictionary
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