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'''''De viris illustribus''''' is a collection of 24 biographies of heroes of Greek and Roman antiquity (much like [[Plutarch]]'s [[Parallel Lives]]), written in [[Latin language|Latin]] by the 14th century [[Italy|Italian]] author Petrarch ([[Francesco Petrarca]]). There is as yet no English translation, however [[Harvard University]] has it under contract to appear in the [[I Tatti Renaissance Library]] sometime in 2007. <!-- per e-mail from Jennifer Snodgrass; Editor for Reference and Special Projects; Harvard University Press; 13 Dec 2006 -->
These are the subjects of Petrarch's 24 moral biographies starting with the first person of Rome. Most of these are in Petrarch's epic [[poem]] called ''[[Africa (Petrarch)|Africa]]'' (written in [[hexameters]]) which he received the crown of [[poet laureate]] for in [[1341]] (first to be given this title in 1000 years). ▼
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▲These are the subjects of Petrarch's 24 moral biographies starting with the first person of Rome. Most of these are in Petrarch's epic [[poem]] called ''[[Africa (Petrarch)|Africa]]'' (written in [[hexameters]]) which he received the crown of [[poet laureate]] for in [[1341]] (first to be given this title in 1000 years).
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These are the subjects of Petrarch's 12 biographies starting with the first person of the Bible. These Petrarch ''Lives'' influenced [[Giovanni Boccaccio]] ''Lives'' [[On Famous Women]] of 106 biographies starting with the first woman of the Bible, [[Eve (Bible)|Eve]]. Many of Giovanni Bocccaccio's ''Lives'' are related to Petrarch's ''Lives''. One example would be that the wife of famous Roman commander Petrarch wrote about in his grand epic poem of [[Africa (Petrarch)|''Africa'']], one [[Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus]], is [[Tertia Aemilia]]. Another example is that [[Olympias]] is the mother of the infamous [[Alexander III of Macedon]]. Another is that [[Deianira]] is the wife of [[Hercules]], sometimes known in Greek mythology as [[Heracles]] or Herakles. Of course, [[Eve (Bible)|Eve]] is the wife of [[Adam]].
*[[Adam]]
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