After Sappho, there weren't that many women writers. There is one, however, that we know a little about. Her name was Corinna, and though there are different opinions about when she lived, most scholars agree that she probably lived in Hellenistic times. I don't have time to go into that era. This is about the authors, not their time.

She was from Tanagra, Boetica. Some of her work has survived, which means she was popular and widely read in ancient times. Her work dealt mostly with Boetician myths. In the Augustan era her name was synonymous with talent and learning.

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