Μυρώ

Myro

Translated by David Whitehead27 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

16 words

A Rhodian woman, a philosopher. [sc. She wrote] sayings of women who were queens/empresses, and stories.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μυρώ, Ῥοδία, φιλόσοφος. χρείας γυναικῶν βασιλίδων καὶ μύθους.

Betacode

*murw/, *(rodi/a, filo/sofos. xrei/as gunaikw=n basili/dwn kai\ mu/qous.

Adler attributes this entry -- as many others like it -- to the De viris illustribus of Hesychius of Miletus (C6 CE).
For another woman called Myro see already mu 1464 (but the name of mu 1465 herself might be Moiro: so Wilamowitz).

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