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Introduction | |
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Dedication | |
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Preface | |
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Eve, Our First Mother | |
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Semiramis, Queen of the Assyrians | |
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Opis, Wife of Saturn | |
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Juno, Goddess of Kingdoms | |
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Ceres, Goddess of the Harvest and Queen of Sicily | |
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Minerva | |
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Venus, Queen of Cyprus | |
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Isis, Queen and Goddess of Egypt | |
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Europa, Queen of Crete | |
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Libya, Queen of Libya | |
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Marpesia and Lampedo, Queens of the Amazons | |
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Thisbe, a Babylonian Maiden | |
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Hypermnestra, Queen of the Argives and Priestess of Juno | |
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Niobe, Queen of Thebes | |
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Hypsipyle, Queen of Lemnos | |
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Medea, Queen of Colchis | |
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Arachne of Colophon | |
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Orithya and Antiope, Queens of the Amazons | |
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Erythraea or Herophile, a Sibyl | |
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Medusa, Daughter of Phorcus | |
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Iole, Daughter of the King of the Aetolians | |
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Deianira, Wife of Hercules | |
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Jocasta, Queen of Thebes | |
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Almathea or Deiphebe, a Sibyl | |
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Nicostrata or Carmenta, Daughter of King Ionius | |
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Pocris, Wife of Cephalus | |
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Argia, Wife of Polynices and Daughter of King Adrastus | |
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Manto, Daughter of Tiresias | |
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The Wives of the Minyans | |
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Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons | |
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Polyxena, Daughter of King Priam | |
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Hecuba, Queen of the Trojans | |
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Cassandra, Daughter of King Priam of Troy | |
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Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae | |
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Helen, Wife of King Menelaus | |
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Circe, Daughter of the Sun | |
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Camilla, Queen of the Volscians | |
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Penelope, Wife of Ulysses | |
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Lavinia, Queen of Laurentum | |
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Dido or Elissa, Queen of Carthage | |
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Nicaula, Queen of Ethiopia | |
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Pamphile, Daughter of Platea | |
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Rhea Ilia, a Vestal Virgin | |
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Gaia Cyrilla, Wife of King Tarquinius Priscus | |
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Sappho, Girl of Lesbos and Poetess | |
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Lucretia, Wife of Collatinus | |
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Tamyris, Queen of Scythia | |
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Leaena, a Prostitute | |
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Athaliah, Queen of Jerusalem | |
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Cloelia, a Roman Maiden | |
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Hippo, a Greek Woman | |
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Megullia Dotata | |
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Veturia, a Roman Matron | |
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Tamaris, Daughter of Micon | |
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Artemisia, Queen of Caria | |
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Virginia, Virgin and Daughter of Virginius | |
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Irene, Daughter of Cratinus | |
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Leontium | |
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Olympias, Queen of Macedonia | |
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Claudia, a Vestal Virgin | |
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Virginia, Wife of Lucius Volumnius | |
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Flora the Prostitute, Goddess of Flowers and Wife of Zephyrus | |
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A Young Roman Woman | |
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Marcia, Daughter of Varro | |
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Sulpicia, Wife of Fulvius Flaccus | |
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Harmonia, Daughter of Gelon of Sicily | |
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Busa of Canosa di Puglia | |
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Sophonisba, Queen of Numidia | |
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Theoxena, Daughter of Prince Herodicus | |
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Berenice, Queen of Cappadocia | |
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The Wife of Orgiago the Galatian | |
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Tertia Aemilia, Wife of the Elder Africanus | |
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Dripetrua, Queen of Laodicea | |
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Sempronia, Daughter of Gracchus | |
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Claudia Quinta, a Roman Woman | |
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Hypsicratea, Queen of Pontus | |
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Sempronia, a Roman Woman | |
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The Wives of the Cimbrians | |
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Julia, Daughter of the Dictator Julius Caesar | |
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Portia, Daughter of Cato Uticensis | |
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Curia, Wife of Quintus Lucretius | |
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Hortensia, Daughter of Quintus Hortensius | |
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Sulpicia, Wife of Truscellio | |
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Cornificia, a Poetess | |
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Mariamme, Queen of Judaea | |
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Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt | |
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Antonia, Daughter of Antony | |
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Agrippina, Wife of Germanicus | |
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Paulina, a Roman Woman | |
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Agrippina, Mother of the Emperor Nero | |
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Epicharis, a Freedwoman | |
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Pompeia Paulina, Wife of Seneca | |
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Sabina Poppaea, Wife of Nero | |
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Triaria, Wife of Lucius Vitellius | |
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Proba, Wife of Adelphus | |
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Faustina Augusta | |
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Symiamira, Woman of Emesa | |
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Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra | |
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Joan, an Englishwoman and Pope | |
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Irene, Empress of Constantinople | |
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Gualdrada, a Florentine Maiden | |
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Constance, Empress of Rome and Queen of Sicily | |
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Camiola, a Sienese Widow | |
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Joanna, Queen of Jerusalem and Sicily | |
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Conclusion | |
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Note on the Text | |
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Notes | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |