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An ancient oracle told by a Pythian priestess says, “ But when the time shall come that the female conquers in battle, driving away the male, and wins great glory in Argos, then many wives of the Argives shall tear both cheeks in their mourning .” This oracle was later alluded to by historian Herodotus […]
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Telesilla, Warrior Poetess From Argos, Who Manned-Up On The Battlefield and Bedroom
May 18th, 2021 
Awake Goy 
Posted in Jewish News 
Tags: argos, battlefield, bedroom, manned, poetess, telesilla, warrior 
No Comments »Princess Zeb-un-Nisa: Rebel Sufi Poetess and her Gilded Garden Prison
March 4th, 2021 Awake Goy Sitting alone in her quiet gardens, reciting verses of poetry and waiting for the end to come. This is how Princess Zeb-un-Nisa spent the final years of her life. Zeb-un-Nisa means “jewel among women,” and she truly deserved that title. Zeb-un-Nisa was a gem in the Mughal harem, she was an extremely intelligent and bright […]
Eodain the Poetess
November 27th, 2020 Awake Goy By Lady Francesca Speranza WildeFrom Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland [1887] THE Leanan-Sidhe, or the spirit of life, was supposed to be the inspirer of the poet and singer, as the Ban-Sidhe was the spirit of death, the foreteller of doom. The Leanan-Sidhe sometimes took the form of a woman, who gave […]
