A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Erinna
ERINNA, of the Isle of Telos; flourished in the Time of Dion, of Syracuse;
Published an excellent poem, in the Doric tongue, comprised in 300 verses. Her style was said to come near the majesty of Homer. She died at 19 years of age. She wrote besides several pieces; a few fragments of which may be seen in the Carmina novem Poetarum Fæminarum. Antwerp, 1568, 8 vo.