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''Hecatodistichon'' was a poem written in 1550 by the Seymour sisters, Jane, Anne and Margaret. It was the first female-authored English-language encomium, the only work by Englishwomen published in Latin in the 16th century, and the only work by any Englishwomen published in any language before the 1560s.〔 It was written on the death of Marguerite de Navarre, sister of the French king and queen of Navarre.〔''Studies in Philology'': Volume XCIII Spring, 1996 Number 2, ''England's First Female-Authored Encomium:'' ''The Seymour Sisters' Hecatodistichon (1550) to Marguerite de Navarre''. Text, Translation, Notes, and Commentary by Brenda M. Hosington〕 It comprised 104 distichs, or couplets.〔 ''Hecato'' is a prefix from the Greek word for "hundred".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://phrontistery.info/numbers.html )〕 The Hecatodistichon was published in Paris in 1550 by the sisters' tutor, Nicolas Denison. It was republished in 2000 in the series ''The early modern Englishwoman'' by Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot (ISBN 1840142197).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catalogue record )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hecatodistichon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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