Agallis
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According to Athenaeus, she argued that ball games were invented by Nausicaa.[1] Two scholiasts on the Iliad quote an argument that the two cities that Homer describes on the Shield of Achilles represented Athens and Eleusis; one attributes this to "Agallias of Corcyra", the other to "Dalis of Corcyra". Some scholars believe that Agallias was Agallis' father; others that it is an error and Agallis was the source of this argument.[3]
Agallis is sometimes incorrectly described as a philosopher. This derives from the misconception that Ptolemy's Life of Aristotle was dedicated to her; it is now known to have been dedicated to a man named Gallus.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Cullhed, Eric (2013). "Homer on the Origins of Athens: Agallis of Corcyra and the Shield of Achilles". Symbolae Osloenses. 87: 64.
- ISBN 0-8143-2230-1.
- ^ Cullhed, Eric (2013). "Homer on the Origins of Athens: Agallis of Corcyra and the Shield of Achilles". Symbolae Osloenses. 87: 64–65.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agallis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.