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Title
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Von der hausfrauen drigiagonis
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Description
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This engraving depicts the queen of the Galatians standing on the left side of the image holding a decapitated head. This woman’s name is unknown; however, she is the wife of King Drigiagon (whose name is engraved beside her head). After being taken as a captive by Roman enemies, the Galatian woman was defiled by a Roman centurion. This is depicted on the right side of the engraving as the queen is bound by a chain on her left hand while the centurion is putting his hand up her dress. She is illustrated looking away and fighting back as he forces himself onto her. To seek her vengeance, once she was freed through ransom, she ordered her servant to decapitate the man who raped her. The Galatian woman is holding the severed head as she presents it to her husband to prove that she was defiled by this man. Boccaccio explains that she wrote on this woman to highlight her daring and courageous nature.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:18052
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Source Name
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Hyenach volget der kurcz syn von ettlichen frauen von denen johannes boccacius in latein beschriben hat und doctor heinricus stainhöwel geteütschet [Following the short stories of several women of which Giovanni Boccaccio wrote in Latin, and doctor Heinrich Steinhöwel translated]
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Image
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Subject
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Important Women
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Important Queens
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Vengeance
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Rape
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Famous Women
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