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Semonides
Greek iambic poet (fl. c. 650 B.C.) whose description of women as the offspring of animals is a monument to misogyny.
Semonides
Semonides was an iambic poet not to be confused with the lyric poet Simonides.
Semonides' Ten Female Phyla
A list of the ten animals Semonides used to characterize women.
Male Authors and Women
Enroy Pinnock's article describes Hesiod's attitude towards women as defined by his Pandora and Semonides' attitude as shown in his categories.
Semonides
John Porter's class notes on Semonides explain that Semonides, a second rate poet, known for his "flat-footed misogynistic diatribe that nonetheless tells us a great deal about the Greek view of women."