Concerning famous women
1964, First Edition. London : George Allen & Unwin. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Item #477723
Physical description; xxxviii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Translated from the Latin, with an introduction and notes, by Guido A. Guarino. Translation of: De mulieribus claris. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Eve, our first mother – Semiramis, Queen of the Assyrians – Opis, wife of Saturn – Juno, goddess of kingdoms – Ceres, goddess of agriculture and Queen of Sicily – Minerva, also known as Pallas – Venus, Queen of Cyprus – Isis, Queen and goddess of Egypt – Europe, Queen of Crete – Libya, Queen of Libya – Martesia and Lampedo, Queens of the Amazons – Thisbe, maiden of Babylon – Hypermnestra, Queen of the Argives and priestess of Juno – Niobe, Queen of Thebes – Hypsipyle, Queen of Lemnos – Medea, Queen of Colchis – Arachne of Colophon – Orithya and Antiope, Queens of the Amazons – Erythraea or Eriphila, The Sibyl – Medusa, Daughter of Phorcys – Iole, Queen of Aetolia – Deianira, Daughter of King Oeneus of Aetolia – Jocasta, Queen of Thebes – The Sibyl, Amalthea or Deiphobe – Nicostrata, who was called Carmenta – Procris, wife of Cephalus – Argia, Daughter of King Adrastus – Manto, daughter of Tiresias – The wives of the Minyans – Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons – Polyxena, daughter of King Priam – Hecuba, Queen of the Trojans – Cassandra, daughter of King Priam of Troy – Clytaemnestra, Queen of Mycenae – Helen, wife of Menelaus – Circe, daughter of the sun – Camilla, Queen of the Volscians – Penelope, wife of Ulysses – Lavinia, Queen of Laurentum – The Tyrian Dido or Elissa, Queen of Carthage – Nicaula, Queen of Ethiopia – Pamphile, daughter of Plates – Rhea Ilia, vestal virgin – Gaia Cyrilla, wife of Tarquinius Priscus – Sappho, poetess of Lesbos – Lucretia, wife of Collatinus – Thamyris, Queen of Scythia – The courtesan Leaena – Athaliah, Queen of Jerusalem – Cloelia, a Roman virgin – The Greek women Hippo – Megullia Dotata – Veturia – The painter Thamyris – Artemisia, Queen of Caria – The virgin Verginia – Irene, daughter of Cratinus – Leontium – Olympias of Macedonia – The vestal virgin Claudia – Verginia, wife of Lucius Volupinus – The prostitute Flora – A young Roman woman – Marcia, daughter of Varro – Sulpicia, wife of Fulvius – The Sicilian Harmonia, Daughter of Gelon – Busa of Canusium, a woman of Apulia – Sophonisba, Queen of Numidia – Theoxena, daughter of Prince Herodicus – Berenice, Queen of Cappadocia – The wife of Drigiagon the Galatian – Tertia Aemilia, wife of Scipio Africanus – Dripetrua, Queen of Laodicea – Sempronia – Claudia Quinta, a Roman woman – Hypsicratea, Queen of Pontus – The Roman Sempronia – The wives of the Cimbrians – Julia, daughter of Julius Caesar – Portia, daughter of Marcus Cato – Turia, wife of Quintus Lucretius – Hortensia, daughter of Quintus Hortensius – Sulpicia, wife of Cruscellio – Cornificia – Mariamne, Queen of Judea – Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt – Antonia, daughter of Antony – Agrippina, wife of Germanicus – The Roman woman Paulina – Agrippina, mother of Nero – The freedwoman Epicharis – Pompeia Paulina, wife of Lucius Annaeus Seneca – Sabina Poppaea, wife of Nero – Triaria, wife of Lucius Vitellius – Proba, wife of Adelphus – Faustina Augusta – Soaemias, woman of Emesa – Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra – Pope Joan – Irene, Empress of Constantinople – The Florentine maiden Engeldruda – Constance, Empress of the Romans and Queen of Sicily – The widow Camiola – Joanna, Queen of Sicily and Jerusalem. Subjects; Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375). De mulieribus claris. Women – Biography – Early works to 1800.
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