coolchicksfromhistory:Theano circa 500s BCEArt by collapsiblechair (tumblr)A womannamed Theano has l
coolchicksfromhistory:Theano circa 500s BCEArt by collapsiblechair (tumblr)A womannamed Theano has long been counted among the early Pythagorean philosophers. Various sources list her as the student,daughter or wife of Pythagoras. She mayhave run Pythagoras’s school after his death. Some modern scholars have suggested there might have been two female philosophersnamed Theano while others have suggested that Theano was a pseudonym used by multiplewriters. First century Roman authorssuch as Plutarch and Clement referenced Theano as a well known model of femalescholarship, modesty, and morality. The philosophical ideas ascribed to Theano are not always progressiveby modern standards, but the story of Theano as a great thinker gave ancientwomen an intellectual role model. -- source link