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Book: Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome

Chapter: Telesilla

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.19991

Blurb:

(lived 6th–5th centuries BC)

Telesilla was a lyric poet who lived in Argos in the fifth century BC.She became famous forsaving the city when it was attacked by the Spartans in 494 BC.

Chapter Contributors

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