A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

5. Of MAGNESIA, is known only as the author of a work on the virtues of women (περὶ τῶν κατ̓ ἀρετὴν γυναιξὶ πεπραγματευμένων διηγημάτων), of which Sopater made an abstract (Phot. Bibl. p. 103a.); but both the original and the abstract are lost.