Cy sensuit histoire de ypone femme grecque · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de ypone femme grecque
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: A Greek woman named Hippo is depicted on the ship in the centre of the image as she plunges herself headfirst into the ocean. Hippo had been captured by enemies, and when she heard the men discussing a plan to defile her chastity, she decided that an early death was far better than having her honour destroyed. She drowned and successfully saved her honour.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19963
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_19963_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Chastity; Honour; Hippo