De Hippo: dueña griega · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Hippo: dueña griega
Subject: Famous Women; Hippo; Chastity; Honour; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: Boccaccio explains that a Greek woman named Hippo had been captured by enemies, and when she heard them speaking of defiling her chastity, she decided that an early death was far better than having her honour destroyed. This engraving depicts Hippo on a boat surrounded by the men who had captured her. Hippo is illustrated at the front of the boat with her body plunging into the water. She drowned and successfully saved her honour. Her name is engraved at the bottom left corner of the engraving.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:16675
Language: spa
Source Name: De Las Mujeres Ilustres [On Famous Women]
Parent Collection: 1494 Mujeres Ilustres; 1494 Mujeres Ilustres
Image: mta_16675_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Hippo; Chastity; Honour; Important Women