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Tractatus De Mulieribus

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Tractatus De Mulieribus Claris In Bello is a short ancient Greek work by an anonymous author, which discusses fourteen famous ancient women, of whom one is not otherwise attested. Despite the title, not all of the women discussed are warriors, and only a few are portrayed as skilled military strategists. It was written near the end of the second or the beginning of the first century BCE. Deborah Gera has suggested, however, that it was written by Pamphile of Epidaurus during the 1st century AD. It is a list of individual ancient women, and contains the following individuals:

  • Semiramis
  • Zarinaea
  • Nitocris the Egyptian
  • Nitocris the Babylonian
  • Argeia
  • Dido
  • Atossa
  • Rhodogune of Parthia
  • Lyde
  • Pheretime
  • Thargelia
  • Tomyris
  • Artemisia I of Caria
  • Onomaris
  • Text

    Text of Tractatus de Mulieribus at archive.org

    References

    Tractatus De Mulieribus Wikipedia