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Rape is a common topic in history. A list of notable survivors from history and mythology includes:

History

Boudica's two daughters, raped by Roman soldiers
Rogneda of Polotsk from Belarus/Scandinavian history; raped by Vladimir, half-brother of her betrothed Yaropolk I of Kiev, in the presence of her parents (10th century)
Li Zu'e, an empress who was raped by her brother-in-law and became pregnant
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c. 1656), Italian Baroque artist
Xenia Borisovna, Russian princess, forcibly taken as a concubine by False Dmitry I

Christian

Agnes of Rome; a young girl of around 12 or 13 years of age, who consecrated her virginity to Christ, and was dragged to a brothel to be raped, in a bid to make her recant her Christian faith.

Hebrew Bible

Noah; mocked by Ham, in some interpretations he is either raped by him or by Canaan, his son and grandson respectively.
Dinah; raped by a Canaanite prince and avenged by her brothers.
Lot; seduced by his daughters by means of alcohol
Tamar; raped by her half-brother Amnon and avenged by her brother Absalom.

Knights of the Round Table

Lancelot; Elaine of Corbenic posed as Guinevere to perform a rape by deception upon him.

Medieval Folklore

Eve raped by Lilith, in the form of snake

Adam raped by Lilith in the form of Eve

Hindu Mythology

Rambha raped by Ravana

Araja raped by Danda

References

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 * [[Artemisia Gentileschi]] (1593-c. 1656), Italian Baroque artist
 * [[Xenia Borisovna]], Russian princess, forcibly taken as a concubine by [[False Dmitry I]]
-==Mythology==
 ===Christian===
 * [[Agnes of Rome]]; a young girl of around 12 or 13 years of age, who consecrated her virginity to Christ, and was dragged to a brothel to be raped, in a bid to make her recant her Christian faith.
-===Greek mythology===
-====Female====
-* [[Alcippe (Greek mythology)|Alcippe]] a daughter of Ares; raped by [[Halirrhothius]], the son of [[Poseidon]].
-* [[Alcmene]]; raped by [[Zeus]] in form of her husband [[Amphitryon]], resulting in the birth of [[Heracles]].
-* [[Apemosyne]]; raped by [[Hermes]], after slipping on skinned hides that he placed on her path.
-* [[Atalanta]]; raped by [[Hippomenes]] when they married.
-* [[Auge]]; raped by [[Heracles]].
-* [[Aura (mythology)|Aura]]; raped by [[Dionysus]] while she was drunk.
-* [[Callisto (mythology)|Callisto]]; raped by [[Zeus]] in the form of [[Artemis]] or [[Apollo]], resulting in the birth of [[Arcas]].
-* [[Cassandra]]; raped by [[Ajax the Lesser]] during the Sack of [[Troy]].
-*[[Daedalion#Beautiful daughter|Chione]]; raped by [[Hermes]] in her sleep.
-* [[Cassiopeia (wife of Phoenix)|Cassiopeia]]; raped by [[Zeus]] in the form of her husband [[Phoenix (son of Agenor)|Phoenix]].
-* [[Cyrene (mythology)|Cyrene]]; raped by [[Apollo]] in the form of a wolf.
-* [[Danaë|Danae]]; raped by [[Zeus]] in the form of golden rain, resulting in the birth of [[Perseus]].
-* [[Demeter]]; according to an [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]n myth, [[Demeter]] was being pursued by her brother [[Poseidon]], and she changed into a horse to escape him. Poseidon, however, transformed himself into a horse and, after cornering Demeter, raped his older sister, resulting in her giving birth to [[Despoina]], a mysterious  goddess, and [[Arion]], a divine horse.
-* [[Dryope (daughter of Dryops)|Dryope]]; raped by [[Apollo]] in the form of a snake.
-* [[Europa (consort of Zeus)|Europa]]; abducted by [[Zeus]] in the form of a white bull, then raped, resulting in the birth of [[Minos]].
-* [[Halia of Rhodes|Halie]]; a Rhodian woman raped by her own sons.
-* [[Harpalyce (mythology)|Harpalyce]]; raped by her own father.
-* [[Hera]]; raped by her brother (and later husband) [[Zeus]].
-* [[Io (mythology)|Io]]; pursued and eventually raped by [[Zeus]], transformed into a heifer.
-* [[Leda (mythology)|Leda]], raped by [[Zeus]] in the form of a swan.<ref>In some versions of the story, Zeus seduces Leda and she submits willingly. In others, such as that retold in [[William Butler Yeats]]' "Leda and the Swan", he rapes her: {{cite book |first=Maggie |last=Romigh |contribution=Luci Tapahonso's 'Leda and the cowboy': a gynocratic, Navajo response to Yeats's 'Leda and the swan' |title=Cultural sites of critical insight: philosophy, aesthetics, and African American and Native American women's writings |url=https://archive.org/details/culturalsitescri00cott |url-access=limited |editor1-first=Angela L. |editor1-last=Cotten |editor2-first=Christa Davis |editor2-last=Acampora |location=Albany, New York |publisher=State University of New York |year=2007 |isbn=9781429465700 |page=[https://archive.org/details/culturalsitescri00cott/page/n167 159] }}</ref> This resulted in the birth of [[Helen of Troy]].
-* [[Liriope (nymph)|Liriope]]; raped by the river god [[Cephissus (mythology)|Cephissus]].
-* [[Medusa]]; raped by [[Poseidon]], resulting in the eventual birth of [[Pegasus]].
-* [[Metis (mythology)|Metis]]; pursued and eventually raped by her cousin (and later husband) [[Zeus]], resulting in the eventual birth of [[Athena]].
-* [[Nemesis]]; raped by [[Zeus]], who relentlessly pursued her, changing many forms. In some versions, Nemesis is the mother of [[Helen of Troy]] rather than [[Leda (mythology)|Leda]].
-* [[Nicaea (mythology)|Nicaea]]; raped by [[Dionysus]] while she was unconscious.
-* [[Persephone]]; raped by her uncle [[Hades]] and in [[Orphism (religion)|Orphic]] tradition by her father [[Zeus]] disguised as a snake or as Hades himself.
-* [[Philomela]]; raped by her brother-in-law [[Tereus]].
-*[[Procris]]; raped by [[Minos]].
-* [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]]; raped by her son [[Zeus]].
-* [[Tyro]]; raped by [[Poseidon]] in the form of her beloved, the river-god [[Enipeus (deity)|Enipeus]].
-====Male====
-* [[Hermaphroditos]]; raped by (and later merged with) the nymph [[Salmacis]].
-* [[Bellerophon]]; raped by (and later accused of doing the same by) [[Anteia]].
-* [[Odysseus]]; in some versions, raped by [[Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]] on the island of [[Ogygia]] in his seven-year stay.
-* [[Silenus]]; raped by the [[cyclops]] [[Polyphemus]].
-* [[Chrysippus of Elis]]; raped by King [[Laius]] of Thebes, father of [[Oedipus]] by [[Jocasta]], and author of the [[Laius complex]] in psychodynamic theory.
-* [[Ganymede (mythology)|Ganymede]] raped by [[Zeus]]
-* [[Cinyras]] raped by his daughter, [[Myrrha]], by deception and alcohol.
-* [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]] raped by [[Selene]] as he slept.
-* [[Hylas]] raped by naiads.
-* [[Adonis]]; in some versions, raped by [[Aphrodite]].
-* [[Caeneus]] raped when he was biologically female by [[Poseidon]].
 ===Hebrew Bible===
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 * [[Lot (biblical person)|Lot]]; seduced by his daughters [[Drug-facilitated sexual assault|by means]] of [[Date rape drug#Alcohol|alcohol]]
 * [[Tamar (daughter of David)|Tamar]]; raped by her half-brother [[Amnon]] and avenged by her brother [[Absalom]].
-===Norse mythology===
-* [[Rindr]]; raped by [[Odin]] in [[Saxo Grammaticus]]' version of the engendering of [[Baldr]]'s avenger
-===Roman mythology===
-* [[Lucretia]]; raped by a prince, [[Sextus Tarquinius]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Timothy J|last=Cornell|title=The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000-264 BC)|series=The Routledge History of the Ancient World|chapter=9. The Beginnings of the Roman Republic: 2. The Problem of Chronology|pages=218–225|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-01596-7|year=1995}}</ref>
-* The [[The Rape of the Sabine Women|Sabine women]]; raped by the founders of Rome
-* [[Rhea Silvia]], raped by [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]].
-* [[Medusa]]; raped by [[Neptune]] in Minerva's temple, as the rape happens in [[Ovid]]'s [[Metamorphoses|version]].
-* [[Larunda|Lara]]; raped by [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] as he escorted her to the [[Greek Underworld|Underworld]].
-* [[Caeneus]]; formerly known as Caenis raped by [[Neptune]] in [[Ovid]]'s [[Metamorphoses|version]].
-* [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]]; raped by [[Selene]] while he was sleeping.
 ===Knights of the Round Table===
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 === Hindu Mythology ===
-[[Ahalya]] seduced by [[Indra]], the king of gods
 [[Rambha (apsara)|Rambha]] raped by [[Ravana]]