Women / Persons ~ P08646

Telesilla

Alternate Names:

Telesilla
Telesilla, a Noble Poetess of Argos
Telesilla Poetria

Gender: Female

Life Dates: fl 510 B.C.E.

Types:

Cross dresser, male impersonator
Military
Writer, Poetry

Note: poet, inspired Argives to resist siege in war

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Biographies (4 Total)

Of the Argive Women Author: Plutarch . Collection Title: Mulierum Virtutes (Concerning the virtues of women). 1870
Telesilla Author: Ellen Creathorne Clayton . Collection Title: Female Warriors: Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, from the Mythological Ages to the Present Era. 1879
Telesilla, A Noble Poetess of Argos Author: anon0001 . Collection Title: Biographium faemineum: The Female Worthies; or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of All Ages and Nations, who Have Been Eminently Distinguished for Their Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and Other Excellent Endowments...Containing (Exclusive of Foreigners) the Lives of above Fourscore British Ladies...Collected from History, and the Most Approved Biographers, and Brought Down to the Present Time. 1766
Telesilla Poetria Author: Thomas Heywood . Collection Title: The Generall History of Women, Containing the Lives of the Most Holy and Profane. 1657