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A list of notable survivors from history and mythology includes:Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Mythology[edit]Christian[edit]Greek mythology[edit]Female[edit]Male[edit]Hebrew Bible[edit]Norse mythology[edit]Roman mythology[edit]Knights of the Round Table[edit]Medieval Folklore[edit]Hindu Mythology[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]History[edit]Mythology[edit]Christian[edit]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[edit]Female[edit]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; 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.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.Harpalyce; raped by her own father.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.[1] This resulted in the birth of Helen of Troy.Liriope; raped by the river god Cephissus.Medusa; raped by Poseidon, resulting in the eventual birth of Pegasus.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.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.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.Male[edit]Hebrew Bible[edit]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 alcoholTamar; raped by her half-brother Amnon and avenged by her brother Absalom.Norse mythology[edit]Roman mythology[edit]Knights of the Round Table[edit]Medieval Folklore[edit]Eve raped by Lilith, in the form of snakeAdam raped by Lilith in the form of EveHindu Mythology[edit]Ahalya seduced by Indra, the king of godsRambha raped by RavanaAraja raped by DandaSee also[edit]References[edit]^ 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: Romigh, Maggie (2007). “Luci Tapahonso’s ‘Leda and the cowboy’: a gynocratic, Navajo response to Yeats’s ‘Leda and the swan’“.  In Cotten, Angela L.; Acampora, Christa Davis (eds.). Cultural sites of critical insight: philosophy, aesthetics, and African American and Native American women’s writings. Albany, New York: State University of New York. p.\u00a0159. ISBN\u00a09781429465700.^ Cornell, Timothy J (1995). “9. The Beginnings of the Roman Republic: 2. The Problem of Chronology”. The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000-264 BC). The Routledge History of the Ancient World. Routledge. pp.\u00a0218\u2013225. ISBN\u00a0978-0-415-01596-7.  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