Young woman who was hostage of the Etruscan king Porsenna (508 BC). She escaped, swam across the Tiber (or rode across it on horseback) and reached Rome safely with a group of young girls; she had to be returned to the king but, in recognition of her bravery, he released her and a number of the hostages. After the peace treaty the Romans honoured her with a statue on …
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Bloch, René (Berne) and
Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum),
“Cloelia”, in:
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