Women in ancient Greek warfare

5th century BC queen of Halicarnassus, Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos

4th-century BC female ruler of Caria

thumb|right|Illustration of Telesilla by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, from Les Kitharèdes by [[Renée Vivien]] Telesilla () was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Argos, active in the fifth century BC. She is known for her supposed role in the defence of Argos in 494 BC, which is doubted by modern scholars. Only a few fragments of her poetry survive, several of which reference the gods Apollo and Artemis. The longest surviving fragment, only two lines, is quoted by the grammarian Hephaestion to illustrate the Telesillan metre, named after her. She was apparently famous in antiquity, included by Antipater

ruler of Epirus: daughter of Pyrrhus II, sister of Nereis and Pyrrhus III

mythical daughter of Triopas

hetaera to Demetrius I of Macedon

thumb|right|1659 painting by Elisabetta Sirani (adapting Merian's engraving); Timoclea pushing the Thracian captain who raped her into a well.

Spouse of 6th century BC Greek Cyrenaean King Battus III

Hydna of Scione (alternately called Hydne or Cyana) (; fl. 480 BC) was an Ancient Greek swimmer and diver given credit for contributing to the destruction of the Persian navy in 480 BC.

Greek woman mentioned by Valerius Maximus as an example of chastity

wife of Mithridates VI

In Greek legendary history, Lampsace or Lampsake () was the eponym of the city Lampsacus, honored as a heroine and later deified. The story concerning her, known from the works of Plutarch and Polyaenus, is as follows.

Caeria (died 344/343 BC), was an Illyrian queen who reigned in the second part of the fourth century BC.

Phidalia () or Phidaleia () is a female figure from ancient Greek mythology associated with the Byzantium and Byzas (the legendary founder of Byzantium).