Famous punishments and executions:
The women in this section are neither saints nor martyrs; some
are innocent victims, some are guilty. For some reasons, their cases
became famous.
We leave the judgment to the gentle(?) visitor.
Celtic mythology
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Princess Fionnuala (The children of Lir)
(last change: 2016-08-27)
Greek mythology
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Princess Ariadne of Crete
(last change: 2019-11-07)
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The Danaïds
(last change: 2018-12-23)
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Dirce
(last change:
- §1 (Dirce's punishment): 2018-12-27,
- §2 (Antiope): 2016-05-22)
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Queen Pasiphaë of Crete
(last change:
- old art: 2018-12-29,
- modern art: 2020-11-26)
Biblical women
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Queen Jezebel of Israel
(last change: 2019-05-04)
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antagonists of holy people
(last change: 2019-11-03)
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The adulteress from St. John's Gospel
(last change:
- §1 (old): 2020-10-16,
- §3 (modern): 2020-03-21)
- adultery & immorality: 2019-07-11)
Persons from novels and poems
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Aphrodisia of Alexandria
(last change: 2019-11-26)
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Astree the Magician
(last change: 2015-01-15)
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Cersei Lannister
(last change: 2019-02-02)
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Febilla of Rome
(last change: 2019-11-26)
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Restituta Bolgar of Ischia
(last change: 2020-10-14)
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Duchess Romilda of Friuli
(last change: 2016-04-10)
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Ullania of Iceland and her maids
(last change: 2018-12-01)
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Nastagio degli Onesti's ghost girl
(last change: 2020-10-14)
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Sir Pinabel's rude companion
(last change: 2015-10-04)
Historical persons
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Agnes Piédeleu
(last change: 2015-08-02)
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Empress Agrippina
(last change: 2020-12-06)
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Beatrice Cenci
(last change: 2014-01-25)
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Marquise de Brinvilliers
(last change: 2015-06-13)
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Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia
(last change: 2018-05-13)
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The daughters of El Cid
(last change: 2019-07-09)
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Francesca da Rimini
(last change: 2020-10-12)
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Jane Shore
(last change: 2016-08-21)
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Princess de Lamballe
(last change: 2014-10-01)
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Natalya Fyodorovna Lopukhina
(last change: 2020-03-07)
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Comtesse de la Motte
(last change: 2014-11-13)
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Philippa of Catania and her granddaughter Sancia de Cabanni
(last change: 2020-10-12)