De Hippone greca mulie · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Hippone greca mulie
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-right hand corner of the engraving.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:11960
Language: lat
Source Name: De Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1473 Ulm; 1473 Ulm
Image: mta_11960_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Chastity; Honour; Important Women; Famous Women; Hippo