Women / Persons ~ P25276
Lycian Women
Alternate Names:
- Xanthian Women
Gender: Female
Life Dates:
Types:
- Anonymous group
- Classical Greek
- Gender nonconforming
- Legendary
- Military
- Patriot
- Sexual agency, transgression (hetero)
Note: Compares several legends about the women of Lycia mocking the mythical hero Bellerophon into action against the Chimera, then persuading him to make peace. Plutarch also considers a similar legend of the Xanthian women appeasing Bellerophon after he slays a wild boar. The tag "gender nonconforming" refers to Plutarch's attempt to link Xanthian matronymic naming traditions to the women's leadership, meaning that Plutarch is portraying Lycians as not conforming to his own culture.