Telesilla of Argos was a lyric poet of the 5th century BCE, listed by Antipater of Thesalonike (c. 15 BCE) as one of the great Nine Female Lyric Poets of Greece (along with Praxilla, Moiro, Anyte, Sappho, Erinna, Corinna, Nossis, and Myrtis). She was responsible for the metrical innovation of lyric poetry known as the Telesillean Metre. Antipater writes:
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494 BCE - 493 BCESpartan forces under Cleomenes I attack the city of Argos.
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494 BCE - 493 BCETelesilla of Argos defends her city against the Spartan forces with an army of women.
