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n. (context in Ancient Rome English) The mother of Caligula; the mother of Nero
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Agrippina may refer to:
In people:
- Vipsania Agrippina (36 BC–20), first wife of the Emperor Tiberius, daughter of Caecilia Attica and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
- Vipsania Marcella Agrippina (born 27 BC), daughter of Claudia Marcella Major and first wife of general Publius Quinctilius Varus
- Julia the Younger or Vipsania Julia Agrippina (19 BC–28 or early 29), daughter of Julia the Elder and wife of Lucius Aemilius Paullus
- Agrippina the Elder or Julia Vipsania Agrippina (14 BC–33), daughter of Julia the Elder, wife of Germanicus and mother of Emperor Caligula
- Agrippina the Younger or Julia Agrippina (15–59), daughter of Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus, wife of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and later Claudius, mother of Nero
- Agrippina of Mineo, 3rd-century Christian saint and martyr
- Asinia Agrippina, a possible granddaughter of Vipsania Agrippina and possible second cousin to Agrippina the Younger
- Antonia Agrippina, a possible granddaughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
- Vibullia Alcia Agrippina, mother of the Greek Senator and sophist Herodes Atticus
- Osinia Agrippina, a noble woman who descended from Julius or Iulius Capitolinus, who was one of the biographers of the Augustan History
In other uses:
- Agrippina (opera), an opera by George Frideric Handel
- Agrippina (film), a 1911 Italian film
- Church of Saint Agrippina, a Catholic church founded in Mineo and named after Saint Agrippina of Mineo, who is the patron Saint of the town
- Chapel of Saint Agrippina di Mineo, another Catholic Church located in Boston and named after Saint Agrippina of Mineo
Agrippina ( HWV 6) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani. Composed for the Venice Carnevale season, the opera tells the story of Agrippina, the mother of Nero, as she plots the downfall of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the installation of her son as emperor. Grimani's libretto, considered one of the best that Handel set, is an "anti-heroic satirical comedy", full of topical political allusions. Some analysts believe that it reflects Grimani's political and diplomatic rivalry with Pope Clement XI.
Handel composed Agrippina at the end of a three-year sojourn in Italy. It premiered in Venice at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo on 26 December 1709. It proved an immediate success and an unprecedented series of 27 consecutive performances followed. Observers praised the quality of the music—much of which, in keeping with the contemporary custom, had been borrowed and adapted from other works, including the works of other composers. Despite the evident public enthusiasm for the work, Handel did not promote further stagings. There were occasional productions in the years following its premiere but Handel's operas, including Agrippina, fell out of fashion in the mid-18th century.
In the 20th century Agrippina was revived in Germany and premiered in Britain and America. Performances of the work have become more ever common, with innovative stagings at the New York City Opera and the London Coliseum in 2007. Modern critical opinion is that Agrippina is Handel's first operatic masterpiece, full of freshness and musical invention which have made it one of the most popular operas of the ongoing Handel revival.
Agrippina is a 1911 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Adele Bianchi Azzarili, Amleto Novelli and Maria Caserini. The film portrays the life of Agrippina the Younger, and was part of the move towards Roman epics in early Italian cinema.
Usage examples of "agrippina".
Locusta, a swarthy, corpulent woman clad in a stola that looked yellow, whether from age or the flaming lamplight Agrippina could not tell.
His colleagues, in fact, were now rising to heap praises on Agrippina by name, while Aulus himself squirmed uncomfortably on the marble bench.
Yet I keep reminding myself that Roman woman is not Agrippina but Plautia, and that Roman life is truly lived not on the Palatine but the Esquiline.
Rumors were cracking off the Palatine and tumbling across the city, forming sinister mosaics on a common theme: Agrippina smashing all hurdles between her son and the succession.
Meanwhile, the philosopher Seneca was giving Nero the best education available in Rome, while Agrippina launched rumors that Britannicus was an epileptic and slowly going insane.
Claudius, Agrippina, and the rest of the imperial party, who had to run for their very lives.
Aulus took a deep breath, hoped he had searched out the proper language to pry the blinders off Claudius, and then launched into a lengthy, well-documented warning on the activities of Agrippina and Pallas.
Claudius and Agrippina were having a disagreement over a minor household matter, and Claudius drank more wine than usual to blot out the nagging voice and presence reclining next to him at the table.
Several minutes later, Agrippina appeared, wearing a robe of spun silver, a light smile on her lips.
He decided not to mention a word about Agrippina for fear it would frighten the family.
True, Pallas and Agrippina tried to entangle me, but I absolutely avoided any involvement.
Octavia assumed the frozen mask with which she had had to hide her emotions for months, but Agrippina had great difficulty disguising her terror, and her hands began trembling uncontrollably.
The guest list would be lengthier this time, and again the nagging query posed itself: should Nero and Agrippina be invited?
Sabinus carefully avoided looking at Agrippina except for stealthy side glances.
He did, though, have a confidential discussion with his chef on matters of security, since Agrippina usually felled her victims by poison.