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Introduction Object lessons: a cassone in the Della Famiglia 1. Le Nozze di Emilia: Amazons, armed and beautiful 2. Dido: taking the gold out of Carthage 3. Camilla: Filialogy and the family romance 4. Hersilia and the sabine women: Piece-making 5. Lucretia: dangerous familiars 6. Virginia/Virginius: her body, himself.
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