CHARIXENE

Charixene (Greek: Χαριξένη; also Charixena) was an Ancient Greek poet, musician, flautist, and composer, probably active around the late sixth or early fifth century BC, possibly in Athens. She was known for songs accompanied by the lyre, erotic poetry, and compositions for wind instruments. Dictionnaire des Créatrices
Later ancient and Byzantine sources preserve conflicting views of her reputation. Eustathius of Thessalonica included her among notable women poets and composers alongside figures such as Sappho, Erinna, and Praxilla, while comic writers and the Suda treated her more mockingly.