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Anicia

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Anicia was a classical Greek physician and poet, active around 300 BCE.

She is not to be confused with Anicia Juliana, a 5th–6th century late Western Roman Empire princess who also wrote poetry.

A crater on the planet Venus was named in her honour.

References

  • Index to Women of the World, by Norma Olin Ireland ; F.W. Faxon Co., Westwood, Mass., 1970 (and other editions). ISBN 9780810820920 [1]
  • Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), Accessed march 2016