Axiothea
Flourished circa 350 B.C.E., b. in Phlius, ancient Greece
In The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius (third century C.E.) lists various members of Plato’s Academy, among them two women: Lastheneia of Mantinea and Axiothea of Phlius. After Plato’s death in 347 B.C.E., both women continued to study philosophy at the Academy. Other sources relate that Axiothea dressed as a man in order to attend the lectures.
