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De Claris Mulieribus.
Boccaccio's On Famous Women (De claris mulieribus) is a remarkable work that contains the lives of one hundred and six women in myth and history, ranging from Eve to Boccaccio's contemporary, Queen Giovanna I of Naples. It is the first collection of women's biographies ever written an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Italica Press,
2011.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Medieval and Renaissance Texts.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I; EVE, OUR FIRST MOTHER; CHAPTER II; SEMIRAMIS, QUEEN OF THE ASSYRIANS; CHAPTER III; OPIS, WIFE OF SATURN; CHAPTER IV; JUNO, GODDESS OF KINGDOMS; CHAPTER V; CERES, GODDESS OF AGRICULTURE AND QUEEN OF SICILY; CHAPTER VI; MINERVA, ALSO KNOWN AS PALLAS; CHAPTER VII; VENUS, QUEEN OF CYPRUS; CHAPTER VIII; ISIS, QUEEN AND GODDESS OF EGYPT; CHAPTER IX; EUROPA, QUEEN OF CRETE; CHAPTER X; LIBYA, QUEEN OF LIBYA; CHAPTER XI; MARTESIA AND LAMPEDO, QUEENS OF THE AMAZONS; CHAPTER XII; THISBE, MAIDEN OF BABYLON; CHAPTER XIII.
- HYPERMNESTRA, QUEEN OF THE ARGIVES AND PRIESTESS OF JUNOCHAPTER XIV; NIOBE, QUEEN OF THEBES; CHAPTER XV; HYPSIPYLE, QUEEN OF LEMNOS; CHAPTER XVI; MEDEA, QUEEN OF COLCHIS; CHAPTER XVII; ARACHNE OF COLOPHON; CHAPTER XVIII; ORITHYA AND ANTIOPE, QUEENS OF THE AMAZONS; CHAPTER XIX; ERYTHRAEA OR ERIPHILA, THE SIBYL; CHAPTER XX; MEDUSA, DAUGHTER OF PHORCYS; CHAPTER XXI; IOLE, QUEEN OF AETOLIA; CHAPTER XXII; DEIANIRA, DAUGHTER OF KING OENEUS OF AETOLIA; CHAPTER XXIII; JOCASTA, QUEEN OF THEBES; CHAPTER XXIV; THE SIBYL AMALTHEA, OR DEIPHOBE; CHAPTER XXV; NICOSTRATA, WHO WAS CALLED CARMENTA.
- CHAPTER XXVIPROCRIS, WIFE OF CEPHALUS; CHAPTER XXVII; ARGIA, DAUGHTER OF KING ADRASTUS; CHAPTER XXVIII; MANTO, DAUGHTER OF TIRESIAS; CHAPTER XXIX; THE WIVES OF THE MINYANS; CHAPTER XXX; PENTHESILEA, QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS; CHAPTER XXXI; POLYXENA, DAUGHTER OF KING PRIAM; CHAPTER XXXII; HECUBA, QUEEN OF THE TROJANS; CHAPTER XXXIII; CASSANDRA, DAUGHTER OF KING PRIAM OF TROY; CHAPTER XXXIV; CLYTAEMNESTRA, QUEEN OF MYCENAE; CHAPTER XXXV; HELEN, WIFE OF MENELAUS; CHAPTER XXXVI; CIRCE, DAUGHTER OF THE SUN; CHAPTER XXXVII; CAMILLA, QUEEN OF THE VOLSCIANS; CHAPTER XXXVIII; PENELOPE, WIFE OF ULYSSES.
- CHAPTER XXXIXLAVINIA, QUEEN OF LAURENTUM; CHAPTER XL; THE TYRIAN DIDO OR ELISSA, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE; CHAPTER XLI; NICAULA, QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA; CHAPTER XLII; PAMPHILE, DAUGHTER OF PLATES; CHAPTER XLIII; RHEA ILIA, VESTAL VIRGIN; CHAPTER XLIV; GAIA CYRILLA, WIFE OF TARQUINIUS PRISCUS; CHAPTER XLV; SAPPHO, POETESS OF LESBOS; CHAPTER XLVI; LUCRETIA, WIFE OF COLLATINUS; CHAPTER XLVII; THAMYRIS, QUEEN OF SCYTHIA; CHAPTER XLVIII; THE COURTESAN LEAENA; CHAPTER XLIX; ATHALIAH, QUEEN OF JERUSALEM; CHAPTER L; CLOELIA, A ROMAN VIRGIN; CHAPTER LI; THE GREEK WOMAN HIPPO; CHAPTER LII; MEGULLIA DOTATA.
- CHAPTER LIIIVETURIA; CHAPTER LIV; THE PAINTER THAMYRIS; CHAPTER LV; ARTEMISIA, QUEEN OF CARIA; CHAPTER LVI; THE VIRGIN VERGINIA; CHAPTER LVII; IRENE, DAUGHTER OF CRATINUS; CHAPTER LVIII; LEONTIUM; CHAPTER LIX; OLYMPIAS OF MACEDONIA; CHAPTER LX; THE VESTAL VIRGIN CLAUDIA; CHAPTER LXI; VERGINIA, WIFE OF LUCIUS VOLUPINUS; CHAPTER LXII; THE PROSTITUTE FLORA; CHAPTER LXIII; A YOUNG ROMAN WOMAN; CHAPTER LXIV; MARCIA, DAUGHTER OF VARRO; CHAPTER LXV; SULPICIA, WIFE OF FULVIUS; CHAPTER LXVI; THE SICILIAN HARMONIA, DAUGHTER OF GELON; CHAPTER LXVII; BUSA OF CANUSIUM, A WOMAN OF APULIA; CHAPTER LXVIII.