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Hipparchia of Maroneia, female Cynic philosopher and wife of Crates, fl. 4th century BC. None of her works are extant, and her status as a thinker is, in modern times, a matter of some debate.

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• Hipparchia - The World's First Liberated Woman

  http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/uc_fasolo1a.htm
  An essay by Maria Jamil Fasolo. Focuses on the story of the marriage of Hipparchia and Crates.

• The Life of Hipparchia

  http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/hipparchia.shtml
  Translation of "Diogenes Laertius Book VI, 96-98" and notes by Celia Luschnig. Published at the Diotima Homepage.

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