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Derived from Latin pampineus meaning "garlanded with vine-leaves, flourishing". The Italian novelist Boccaccio used this name in his work The Decameron (1350), where it belongs to one of the seven young women at the heart of the story (alongside Fiammetta, Filomena, Emilia, Lauretta, Neifile, and Elissa).
K. M. Sheard writes: 'The pampinea corona referred specifically to the crown of vine leaves worn by the god Dionysus, who, as god of drama as well as of wine, was an appropriate allusion for Boccaccio to make in the name of the character who initiates the book's story-telling, and is thus the driving force behind the whole work.'
K. M. Sheard writes: 'The pampinea corona referred specifically to the crown of vine leaves worn by the god Dionysus, who, as god of drama as well as of wine, was an appropriate allusion for Boccaccio to make in the name of the character who initiates the book's story-telling, and is thus the driving force behind the whole work.'