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	Horatii - Encyclopedia.com
		Horatii, in Roman legend, male triplets who represented Rome in a battle against Alba, which was represented by the Curiatii, also triplets.
		The battle of the Horatii is depicted in a neoclassical painting by Jacques-Louis David.
		and hard-edged clarity, The Oath of the Horatii enacts a principle of dissociation and...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Horatii.html (1062 words)

	The Horatii
		Instead he proposed single combats between a triplet of three brothers from Rome, the Horatii, and another set of male triplets, the Curiatii, who were citizens of Alba.
		The story of the Horatii became a favorite for its celebration of stamina, courage against the odds, and willingness to die for one's country.
		The Horatii preparing for combat were depicted in a neoclassical painting titled "The Oath of the Horatii" by Jacques-Louis David, housed in the Louvre, in Paris, France.
	www.dl.ket.org /latin1/historia/people/horatii01.htm (357 words)

	The Oath of the Horatii, - Jacques-Louis David
		We are in the period of the wars between Rome and Alba, in 669 B.C. It has been decided that the dispute between the two cities must be settled by an unusual form of combat to be fought by two groups of three champions each.
		The drama lay in the fact that one of the sisters of the Curiatii, Sabina, is married to one of the Horatii, while one of the sisters of the Horatii, Camilla, is betrothed to one of the Curiatii.
		Despite the ties between the two families, the Horatii's father exhorts his sons to fight the Curiatii and they obey, despite the lamentations of the women.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/neocl_dav_oath.html (624 words)

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