Boccaccio, Giovanni; Italian poet and Humanist; 1313-1375. Works: Teseida (c. 1340). "The Greeks under Theseus in the fight against the Amazons under Hippolyta". French illumination, c. 1470. From the oldest French translation. the property of King René d'Anjou Cod. 2617 fol 19. Vienna, Austrian National Library.