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  • Famous Women (I Tatti Renaissance Library)
  • Written by author Giovanni Boccaccio
  • Published by Harvard University Press, April 2001
  • The first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women, Famous Women affords a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their
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Introduction
Dedication2
Preface8
IEve, Our First Mother14
IISemiramis, Queen of the Assyrians16
IIIOpis, Wife of Saturn24
IVJuno, Goddess of Kingdoms26
VCeres, Goddess of the Harvest and Queen of Sicily28
VIMinerva34
VIIVenus, Queen of Cyprus38
VIIIIsis, Queen and Goddess of Egypt42
IXEuropa, Queen of Crete46
XLibya, Queen of Libya50
XI-XIIMarpesia and Lampedo, Queens of the Amazons50
XIIIThisbe, a Babylonian Maiden54
XIVHypermnestra, Queen of the Argives and Priestess of Juno60
XVNiobe, Queen of Thebes66
XVIHypsipyle, Queen of Lemnos70
XVIIMedea, Queen of Colchis74
XVIIIArachne of Colophon78
XIX-XXOrithya and Antiope, Queens of the Amazons82
XXIErythraea of Herophile, a Sibyl84
XXIIMedusa, Daughter of Phorcus88
XXIIIIole, Daughter of the King of the Aetolians90
XXIVDeianira, Wife of Hercules96
XXVJocasta, Queen of Thebes98
XXVIAlmathea or Deiphebe, a Sibyl102
XXVIINicostrata or Carmenta, Daughter of King Ionius104
XXVIIIPocris, Wife of Cephalus112
XXIXArgia, Wife of Polynices and Daughter of King Adrastus116
XXXManto, Daughter of Tiresias120
XXXIThe Wives of the Minyans122
XXXIIPenthesilea, Queen of the Amazons128
XXXIIIPolyxena, Daughter of King Priam132
XXXIVHecuba, Queen of the Trojans134
XXXVCassandra, Daughter of King Priam of Troy136
XXXVIClytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae138
XXXVIIHelen, Wife of King Menelaus142
XXXVIIICirce, Daughter of the Sun150
XXXIXCamilla, Queen of the Volscians154
XLPenelope, Wife of Ulysses158
XLILavinia, Queen of Laurentum164
XLIIDido or Elissa, Queen of Carthage166
XLIIINicaula, Queen of Ethiopia180
XLIVPamphile, Daughter of Platea184
XLVRhea Ilia, a Vestal Virgin186
XLVIGaia Cyrilla, Wife of King Tarquinius Priscus190
XLVIISappho, Girl of Lesbos and Poetess192
XLVIIILucretia, Wife of Collatinus194
XLIXTamyris, Queen of Scythia198
LLeaena, a Prostitute204
LIAthaliah, Queen of Jerusalem208
LIICloelia, a Roman Maiden216
LIIIHippo, a Greek Woman218
LIVMegullia Dotata220
LVVeturia, a Roman Matron222
LVITamaris, Daughter of Micon230
LVIIArtemisia, Queen of Caria232
LVIIIVirginia, Virgin and Daughter of Virginius242
LIXIrene, Daughter of Cratinus248
LXLeontium250
LXIOlympias, Queen of Macedonia252
LXIIClaudia, a Vestal Virgin258
LXIIIVirginia, Wife of Lucious Volumnius260
LXIVFlora the Prostitute, Goddess of Flowers and Wife of Zephyrus264
LXVA Young Roman Woman270
LXVIMarcia, Daughter of Varro274
LXVIISulpicia, Wife of Fulvius Flaccus276
LXVIIIHarmonia, Daughter of Gelon of Sicily280
LXIXBusa of Canosa di Puglia284
LXXSophonisba, Queen of Numidia288
LXXITheoxena, Daughter of Prince Herodicus296
LXXIIBerenice, Queen of Cappadocia302
LXXIIIThe Wife of Orgiago the Galatian306
LXXIVTertia Aemilia, Wife of the Elder Africanus310
LXXVDripetrua, Queen of Laodicea314
LXXVISemopronia, Daughter of Gracchus316
LXXVIIClaudia Quinta, a Roman Woman318
LXXVIIIHypsicratea, Queen of Pontus322
LXXIXSempronia, a Roman Woman328
LXXXThe Wives of the Cimbrians334
LXXXIJulia, Daughter of the Dictator Julius Caesar338
LXXXIIPortia, Daughter of Cato Uticensis340
LXXXIIICuria, Wife of Quintus Lucretius344
LXXXIVHortensia, Daughter of Quintus Hortensius348
LXXXVSulpicia, Wife of Truscellio350
LXXXVICornificia, a Poetess352
LXXXVIIMariamme, Queen of Judaea354
LXXXVIIICleopatra, Queen of Egypt360
LXXXIXAntonia, Daughter of Antony374
XCAgrippina, Wife of Germanicus376
XCIPaulina, a Roman Woman380
XCIIAgrippina, Mother of the Emperor Nero384
XCIIIEpicharis, a Freedwoman394
XCIVPompeia Paulina, Wife of Seneca398
XCVSabina Poppaea, Wife of Nero402
XCVITriaria, Wife of Lucius Vitellius408
XCVIIProba, Wife of Adelphus410
XCVIIIFaustina Augusta416
XCIXSymiamira, Woman of Emesa420
CZenobia, Queen of Palmyra426
CIJoan, an Englishwoman and Pope436
CIIIrene, Empress of Constantinople442
CIIIGualdrada, a Florentine Maiden446
CIVConstance, Empress of Rome and Queen of Sicily450
CVCamiola, a Sienese Widow454
CVIJoanna, Queen of Jerusalem and Sicily466
Conclusion472
Note on the Text477
Notes479
Bibliography505
Index511


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