Ἤριννα

Teian¹ or Lesbian, but as others say Telian (Telos↗ is a small island near Knidos↗); but some also have thought that she was a Rhodian. She was an epic poet. She wrote The Distaff: it is a poem in Aeolic and Doric dialect, of 300 verses. She also made epigrams. She died a virgin 19 years old.² Her verses were judged equal to Homer. She was a companion and contemporary of Sappho.³