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• * r x , W W. ' • « ■ r *Artemisia was the daughter of Lygda-mis of Hlili6hrnas8ti8. She assisted Xerxes with a fl^et, when he went against Greece. Her valor was so remarkable that Xerxes remarked that all his men fought like women, and all his women like men.• Telesilla, ‘was a lyric poetet of Argus, who defended her coutry against .the Lacedaemonians, and obliged them . to raise the siege. ' ' ' •’ c'Zenobia was queen of the East. When Aurelian approached the plains of Syria she met him at the head of 700,000 men. She braved all the dangers and hardships of the field in common with her soldiers. Two battles were fought, one of which the queen gained, in the other she was defeated.These are the most prominent female soldiers of whoin we have arty record. The recent wars have brought out the fighting capabilities of a few others. Even with this brilliant display of war-like courage before us, we cannot but feel “woman on the battle-field” is not an engaging picture*, and as the poet says: “Woman armed makes war upon herself.’’ She battles against all the tender sympathies and attractive gentleness which. makes her most lovely and most beloved.
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Marion Star
Marion, South Carolina, US
Wed, Oct 17, 1866
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