α729Ἀθηναίας
Athenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian women
Metakleides in his books about Homer said the women were not called [Athenaiai] but Attikai, and he also gives the reason: "for the men alone there," he says, "they call Athenaioi, but women Attikai, so that the married…
Ἀθηναίας· ὁ Μετακλείδης οὔ φησι καλεῖσθαι τὰς γυναῖκας ἀλλ' Ἀττικὰς ἐν τοῖς περὶ Ὁμήρου, ἅμα καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν ἀποδιδούς· μόνους γάρ, φησι, τοὺς ἐκεῖθεν ἄνδρας μὲν Ἀθηναίους…