[Name of a] poetess.
[sc. As depicted] on a stele she was throwing away her books but putting a helmet on her head. For when the Lacedaemonians were destroying those who had taken refuge in the sanctuary of Argos [Myth, Place] and were approaching the city in order to capture it, then Telesilla armed the young women and led them to meet the attackers. Seeing this, the Lacedaemonians turned back, considering it shameful to fight with women, since defeating them [would bring] no glory and being defeated great disgrace. In this also the oracle was fulfilled, which said to the Argives: "but when the female conquers and drives out the male and wins glory for the Argives, then she will make many of the Argive women tear their cheeks."[1]