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

• Boudica's two daughters, raped by Roman soldiers
• Rogneda of Polotsk or Gorislava; according to the Suzdalian Chronicle sub anno 1128, raped by Vladimir, half-brother of her betrothed Yaropolk I of Kiev, in the presence of her parents (10th century)^[1]
• A slave girl in Ibn Fadlan's account of a Norse funeral (c. 922), gang-raped and killed as part of a chief's funeral ritual
• 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
• Periander, tyrant of Corinth, was said to have experienced rape by deception from his mother.

• 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; attempted rape by the centaurs Rhoecus and Hylaios, both of whom she slew with her bow.
• Auge; raped by Heracles.
• Aura; raped by Dionysus while she was drunk.
• 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.
• Chione; raped by Hermes in her sleep.
• Cassiopeia; raped by Zeus in the form of her husband Phoenix.
• Chalciope, abducted and raped by Heracles who planned an attack on Cos at night, killing her father Eurypylus, because he wanted her.
• Cyrene; raped by Apollo in the form of a wolf.
• Danae; raped by Zeus in the form of golden rain, resulting in the birth of Perseus.
• Demeter; according to an Arcadian 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; raped by Apollo in the form of a snake.
• Europa; abducted by Zeus in the form of a white bull, then raped, resulting in the birth of Minos.
• Halie; a Rhodian woman raped by her own sons.
• Apemosyne, raped by Hermes and later on killed by her angry brother who though that she was lying about being molested by the god and he kicked her to death.
• Harpalyce; raped by her own father Clymenus.
• Hera; raped by her brother (and later husband) Zeus.
• Io; pursued and eventually raped by Zeus, transformed into a heifer.
• Leda, raped by Zeus in the form of a swan.^[2] This resulted in the birth of Helen of Troy and Polydeuces (Pollux).
• Liriope; raped by the river god Cephissus, resulting in the birth of Narcissus.
• Medusa; in the later versions, raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple.
• Metis; pursued and eventually raped by her cousin (and later husband) Zeus, resulting in the eventual birth of Athena.
• Nemesis; raped by Zeus, her first cousin once removed, who relentlessly pursued her, changing many forms. In some versions, Nemesis is the mother of Helen of Troy rather than Leda.
• Nicaea; raped by Dionysus while she was unconscious.
• Persephone; raped by her uncle Hades and in Orphic tradition by her father Zeus disguised as a snake or as Hades himself. This resulted in the birth of Zagreus and Melinoë.
• Philomela; raped by her brother-in-law Tereus.
• Procris; raped by Minos.
• Rhea; raped by her son Zeus.
• Tyro; raped by Poseidon in the form of her beloved, the river-god Enipeus.

• Adonis; in some versions, raped by Aphrodite.
• Bellerophon; raped by (and later accused of doing the same by) Stheneboea.
• Caeneus; in some versions, raped while still biologically female by Poseidon.
• Cephalus; raped by Eos
• Chrysippus of Elis; raped by King Laius of Thebes, father of Oedipus by Jocasta.
• Cinyras; raped by his daughter, Myrrha, via deception and alcohol.
• Daphnis, son of Hermes; raped by Echenais, with the aid of wine.
• Endymion; raped by Selene as he slept.
• Ganymede; raped by Zeus
• Hermaphroditos; raped by (and later merged with) the nymph Salmacis.
• Hylas; raped by naiads.
• Lyrcus, son of Phoroneus, raped by Hemithea, by means of alcohol.
• Odysseus; in some versions, raped by Calypso on the island of Ogygia in his seven-year stay.
• Silenus; raped by the cyclops Polyphemus.

• Dinah; raped by a Canaanite prince and avenged by her brothers.
• Lot; raped by his daughters while under effect of alcohol, Genesis 19:30-38.
• Tamar; raped by her half-brother Amnon and avenged by her brother Absalom.
• Susanna;A Hebrew wife who was privately bathing, when two men spy upon her and try to extort her into have sexual relations with them, by making false allegations against her.

• Rindr; raped by Odin in Saxo Grammaticus' version of the engendering of Baldr's avenger

• Lucretia; raped by a prince, Sextus Tarquinius.^[3]
• The Sabine women; raped by the founders of Rome
• Rhea Silvia, raped by Mars.
• Medusa; raped by Neptune in Minerva's temple, as the rape happens in Ovid's version.
• Lara; raped by Mercury as he escorted her to the Underworld.
• Caeneus; formerly known as Caenis raped by Neptune in Ovid's version.
• Endymion; raped by Selene while he was sleeping.

• Lancelot; Elaine of Corbenic posed as Guinevere to perform a rape by deception upon him.
• Igraine; Uther Pendragon posed as her husband Duke Gorlois of Cornwall to perform a rape by deception on her, leading to the birth of King Arthur.

• Adam; raped by Lilith to create the Lilium.

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