De viris illustribus
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| - | The 106 ''Famous Women'' biographies are of mythological and historical women, as well as some of Boccaccio's Renaissance contemporaries. The brief life stories follow the same general exemplary literature patterns used in various versions of [[De viris illustribus]]. The biography pattern starts with the name of the person, then the parents or ancestors, then their rank or social position, and last the general reason for their notoriety or fame with associated details. This is sometimes interjected with a philosophical or inspirational lesson at the end. | + | |
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| - | The only sources that Boccaccio specifically says he used is Saint Paul (no. 42), the Bible (no. 43) and Jerome (no. 86). The wording of the biographies themselves, however, show much where he obtained his information. He used the classical authors of [[Valerius Maximus]], [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]], [[Livy]], [[Ovid]], [[Suetonius]], [[Statius]],[[Virgil]], [[Lactantius]], [[Orosius]], and [[Justinus]]. | + | |
| - | == The famous women == | + | |
| - | *1. [[Eve (Bible)|Eve]], the first woman in the bible | + | |
| - | *2. [[Semiramis]], queen of the Assyrians | + | |
| - | *3. [[Ops|Opis]], wife of Saturn | + | |
| - | *4. [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]], goddess of the Kingdoms | + | |
| - | *5. [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]], goddess of the harvest and queen of Sicily | + | |
| - | *6. [[Minerva]] | + | |
| - | *7. [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], queen of Cyprus | + | |
| - | *8. [[Isis]], queen and goddess of Egypt | + | |
| - | *9. [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]], queen of Crete | + | |
| - | *10. [[Libya (mythology)|Libya]], queen of Libya | + | |
| - | *11 and 12. [[Marpesia]] and [[Lampedo]], queens of the Amazons | + | |
| - | *13. [[Thisbe]], a Babylonian maiden | + | |
| - | *14. [[Hypermnestra]], queen of the Argives and priestess of Juno | + | |
| - | *15. [[Niobe]], queen of Thebes | + | |
| - | *16. [[Hypsipyle]], queen of Lemnos | + | |
| - | *17. [[Medea]], queen of Colchis | + | |
| - | *18. [[Arachne]] of Colophon | + | |
| - | *19 and 20. [[Orithya]] and [[Antiope (mythology)|Antiope]], queens of the Amazons | + | |
| - | *21. [[Erythraean Sibyl|Erythraea]] or Heriphile, a [[Sibyl]] | + | |
| - | *22. [[Medusa]], daughter of Phorcus | + | |
| - | *23. [[Iole]], daughter of the king of the Aetolians | + | |
| - | *24. [[Deianira]], wife of Hercules | + | |
| - | *25. [[Jocasta]], queen of Thebes | + | |
| - | *26. [[Cumaean Sibyl|Almathea]] or Deiphebe, a [[Sibyl]] | + | |
| - | *27. Nicostrata, or [[Carmenta]], daughter of King Ionius | + | |
| - | *28. [[Procris]], wife of Cephalus | + | |
| - | *29. [[Argea|Argia]], wife of Polynices and daughter of King Adrastus | + | |
| - | *30. [[Manto (Greek Mythology)|Manto]], daughter of Tiresias | + | |
| - | *31. The wives of the [[Minyans]] | + | |
| - | *32. [[Penthesilea]], queen of the Amazons | + | |
| - | *33. [[Polyxena]], daughter of King Priam | + | |
| - | *34. [[Hecuba]], queen of the Trojans | + | |
| - | *35. [[Cassandra]], daughter of King Priam of Troy | + | |
| - | *36. [[Clytemnestra]], queen of Mycenae | + | |
| - | *37. [[Helen]], wife of King Menelaus | + | |
| - | *38. [[Circe]], daughter of the Sun | + | |
| - | *39. [[Camilla (mythology)|Camilla]], queen of the Volscians | + | |
| - | *40. [[Penelope]], wife of Ulysses | + | |
| - | *41. [[Lavinia]], queen of Laurentum | + | |
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| - | *42. [[Dido]], or Elissa, queen of Carthage | + | |
| - | *43. [[Queen of Sheba|Nicaula]], queen of Ethiopia | + | |
| - | *44. [[Pamphile]], daughter of Platea | + | |
| - | *45. [[Rhea Silvia|Rhea Ilia]], a Vestal Virgin | + | |
| - | *46. [[Gaia Cyrilla]], wife of King [[Tarquinius Priscus]] | + | |
| - | *47. [[Sappho]], girl of Lesbos and poetess | + | |
| - | *48. [[Lucretia]], wife of Collatinus | + | |
| - | *49. [[Tamyris]], queen of Scythia | + | |
| - | *50. [[Leaena]], a prostitute | + | |
| - | *51. [[Athaliah]], queen of Jerusalem | + | |
| - | *52. [[Cloelia]], a Roman maiden | + | |
| - | *53. [[Hippo, a Greek woman]] | + | |
| - | *54. [[Megullia Dotata]] | + | |
| - | *55. [[Veturia]], a Roman matron | + | |
| - | *56. [[Timarete|Thamyris]], daughter of Micon | + | |
| - | *57. [[Artemisia I of Caria|Artemisia]], queen of Caria[ | + | |
| - | *58. [[Verginia]], virgin and daughter of Virginius | + | |
| - | *59. [[Eirene]], daughter of Cratinus | + | |
| - | *60. [[Leontium]] | + | |
| - | *61. [[Olympias]], queen of Macedonia | + | |
| - | *62. [[Claudia (Roman mythology)|Claudia]], a Vestal Virgin | + | |
| - | *63. [[Virginia (Volumnius)|Virginia]], wife of [[Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens|Lucius Volumnius]] | + | |
| - | *64. [[Flora (mythology)|Flora]] the prostitute, goddess of flowers and wife of Zephyrus | + | |
| - | *65. A young Roman woman | + | |
| - | *66. [[Iaia|Marcia]], daughter of Varro | + | |
| - | *67. [[Sulpicia (Flaccus)|Sulpicia]], wife of [[Quintus Fulvius Flaccus|Fulvius Flaccus]] | + | |
| - | *68. [[Harmonia (Gelo)|Harmonia]], daughter of Gelon, son of [[Hiero II of Syracuse]] | + | |
| - | *69. [[Busa of Canosa di Puglia]] | + | |
| - | *70. [[Sophonisba]], queen of Numidia | + | |
| - | *71. [[Theoxena]], daughter of Prince Herodicus | + | |
| - | *72. [[Laodice of Cappadocia|Berenice]], queen of Cappadocia | + | |
| - | *73. [[The Wife of Orgiagon the Galatian]] | + | |
| - | *74. [[Tertia Aemilia]], wife of the [[Scipio Africanus|elder Africanus]] | + | |
| - | *75. [[Dripetrua]], queen of Laodice | + | |
| - | *76. [[Sempronia]], daughter of [[Gaius Gracchus|Gracchus]] | + | |
| - | *77. [[Claudia Quinta]], a Roman woman | + | |
| - | *78. [[Hypsicratea]], Queen of Pontus | + | |
| - | *79. [[Sempronia]], a Roman Woman | + | |
| - | *80. The Wives of the [[Cimbrian]]s | + | |
| - | *81. [[Julia (daughter of Julius Caesar)|Julia]], daughter of the dictator Julius Caesar | + | |
| - | *82. [[Porcia Catonis|Portia]], daughter of Cato Uticensis | + | |
| - | *83. [[Curia (wife of Quintus Lucretius)|Curia]], wife of Quintus Lucretius | + | |
| - | *84. [[Hortensia (orator)|Hortensia]], daughter of [[Quintus Hortensius]] | + | |
| - | *85. [[Sulpicia (Crus)|Sulpicia]], wife of [[Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus|Cruscellio]] | + | |
| - | *86. [[Cornificia]], a poetess | + | |
| - | *87. [[Mariamne (second wife of Herod)|Mariamme]], queen of Judaea | + | |
| - | *88. [[Cleopatra]], queen of Egypt | + | |
| - | *89. [[Antonia Minor|Antonia]], daughter of Antony | + | |
| - | *90. [[Agrippina the elder|Agrippina]], wife of Germanicus | + | |
| - | *91. [[Paulina]], a Roman woman | + | |
| - | *92. [[Agrippina the Younger|Agrippina]], mother of the Emperor Nero | + | |
| - | *93. [[Epicharis (Pisonian conspirator)|Epicharis]], a freedwoman | + | |
| - | *94. [[Pompeia Paulina]], wife of Seneca | + | |
| - | *95. [[Poppaea Sabina]], wife of Nero | + | |
| - | *96. [[Triaria]], wife of Lucius Vitellius | + | |
| - | *97. [[Faltonia Betitia Proba|Proba]], wife of Adelphus | + | |
| - | *98. [[Faustina the Younger|Faustina Augusta]] | + | |
| - | *99. [[Julia Soaemias|Symiamira]], woman of Emesa | + | |
| - | *100. [[Zenobia]], queen of Palmyra | + | |
| - | *101. [[Pope Joan|Joan]], an Englishwoman and Pope | + | |
| - | *102. [[Irene (empress)|Irene]], Empress of Constantinople | + | |
| - | *103. [[Gualdrada]], a Florentine maiden | + | |
| - | *104. [[Constance of Sicily|Constance]], Empress of Rome and queen of Sicily | + | |
| - | *105. [[Camiola]], a Sienese widow | + | |
| - | *106. [[Joan I of Naples|Joanna]], queen of Jerusalem and Sicily | + | |
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