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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.

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Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia poem · 1 mention

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