A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Athyrte
ATHYRTE, Daughter of Sesostris, King of Egypt,
Was skilled in all the learning of the times, particularly in astronomy, as it was then understood by the Magi. She encouraged her father to pursue the chimerical project of conquering the world, by assuring him of success from her divinations, from her dreams in the temples, and from the prodigies she had seen in the air.
Alexander's History of Women.