http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9633548&fileId=S0009838814000561
The Classical Quarterly (New Series)
- The Classical Quarterly (New Series) / Volume 65 / Issue 01 / May 2015, pp 384-387
- Copyright © The Classical Association 2015
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0009838814000561 (About DOI), Published online: 02 April 2015
Shorter Notes
CYNNANE ‘THE ILLYRIAN’? THE PERILS OF ONOMASTICS *
Jens Bartels
Historisches Seminar der Universität Zürich
Stating that Olympias and Eurydice fought the first war ever between women, Duris of Samos explained the behaviour of Eurydice by reporting that she learned the art of war from Cynnane ‘the Illyrian’ (ἀσκηθεῖσαν τὰ πολεμικὰ παρὰ Κυννάνῃ τῇ Ἰλλυρίδι).
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