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De Mulieribus Claris
–62 biographies by Giovanni Boccaccio
De Mulieribus Claris or De Claris Mulieribus (Latin for "Concerning Famous Women") is a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in Latin prose in – It is notable as the first collection devoted exclusively to biographies of women in post-ancient Western literature.[2] At the same time as he was writing On Famous Women, Boccaccio also compiled a collection of biographies of famous men,De Casibus Virorum Illustrium (On the Fates of Famous Men).
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The famous women
- 1. Eve, the first woman in the Bible
- 2. Semiramis, queen of the Assyrians
- 3. Opis, wife of Saturn
- 4.
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- 5. Ceres, goddess of the harvest and queen of Sicily
- 6. Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy
- 7. Venus, queen of Cyprus
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Isis, queen and goddess of Egypt
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Juno, goddess of the Kingdoms