person
Hero of Gyara
Hero
also: Ἤρω, Ἤρων
A girl athlete — 'the long-striding runner' — from the island of Gyara, trained by the speaker of incerti auctoris 11; one of the rare glimpses of women's athletics in archaic poetry.
Reading notes
- Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §inc-11 Hero of Gyara
A girl athlete — a runner — otherwise unknown, trained by the speaker; one of the very few glimpses of women's athletics in archaic Greek poetry. Author uncertain: Sappho or Alcaeus.