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Title
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Argis femme de polinice fille du roy adrastus
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Description
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This illumination depicts a portrait of a woman named Argia, who was the wife of Polynices of Thebes. After Polynices was defeated in a battle against his brother, Eteocles, he was left unburied and left without a proper burial. Argia, mourning the loss of her husband, snuck herself onto the enemy's battlefield to find her husband’s body to cremate him. She risked her life doing so, and Boccaccio wrote on her as he believed this to be worthy of remembrance.
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Image Creator
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Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:17147
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Source Name
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Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
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Image
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mta_17147_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Important Queens
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Argia
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Polynices
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Important Women
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Famous Women