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Title
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Von Ysiphile der frauen künigin
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Description
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Hypsipyle and her father King Thaos of Lemnos are depicted on the left side of the engraving. We know that the figures are Hypsipyle and Thaos as the creator engraved their names beside their bodies. Hypsipyle appears to be in discussion with her father, as she tells him that the women of Lemnos are planning to turn on all the men of the city and kill them. Boccaccio explains that Hypsipyle warns her father of the crime so that she can help him escape. There is a woman on the right side of the engraving with a sword in her left hand and a man’s head in her right as she carries out the plan to kill the men of the city. Later in life, Hypsipyle has a ward named Archemorus. He is depicted in the background of the engraving, lying on the ground with a snake biting into his chest. This kills the child, and Hypsipyle is illustrated with her hands in the air as she grieves for him.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:17970
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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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Famous Women
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Hypsipyle
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Murder
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