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Book: Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome

Chapter: Olympias

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.20021

Blurb:

(before AD 79)

Olympias of Thebes was an important source for Pliny’s Natural History, books 20–28,1 though he cites her opinions explicitly only three times.

Chapter Contributors

  • Ian Plant (book-auth-14@equinoxpub.com - book-auth-14) 'Macquarie University'