Amaesia Sentia

Amaesia Sentia is mentioned by Valerius Maximus as an instance of a female who pleaded her own cause before the praetor, around 77 BC.[1] She was called "Androgyne", from having a man's spirit with a female form.[2] A crater on asteroid 4 Vesta has been named Sentia after her.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Valerius Maximus, viii. 3. § 1
  2. ↑ Smith, William (1867). "Amaesia Sentia". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 135.
  3. ↑ International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 

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