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I brought up Boccaccio and his De Mulieribus Claris, or Concerning Famous Women. In one chapter he talks about the life of the Epicurean Leontion, where he chastises her for demonstrating a perfect lack of "feminine virtues". I earlier wrote a reply to Boccaccio, which I will copy here: To Boccaccio: A Rebuke I mark it, sir, and wonder at it dully, To find the lady's name maligned so fully On evidence begot anecdotálly; A pond'rous load to hang by such a pulley! Was our Leontium so fierce a bull…