Back Mírtida d'Antèdon Catalan Myrtis (Lyrikerin) German Μύρτις Greek Myrtis de Anthedon Esperanto Mirtis de Antedón Spanish Mirtis Antedonekoa Basque Myrtis Anthedonlainen Finnish Myrtis (poétesse) French Mirtide di Antedone Italian ミュルティス Japanese
Myrtis (Ancient Greek: Μύρτις; fl. 6th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet from Anthedon, a town in Boeotia. She was said to have taught the poets Pindar and Corinna. The only surviving record of her poetry is a paraphrase by the 1st-century AD historian Plutarch, discussing a local Boeotian legend. In antiquity she was included by the 1st-century BC epigrammatist Antipater of Thessalonica in his canon of nine female poets, and a bronze statue of her was reportedly made by Boïscus, a sculptor about whom nothing more is known. In the modern world, Myrtis has been represented in artworks by Judy Chicago and Anselm Kiefer, and a poem by Michael Longley.