ENNETIERES, (MARY DE) a learned Lady of Tournay, in the sixteenth Century,
Published many works, particularly an Epistle against Turks, Jews, Lutherans, &c. printed in 1539.
ERINNA, of the Isle of Telos; flourished in the Time of Dion, of Syracuse;
Published an excellent poem, in the Doric tongue, comprised in 300 verses. Her style was said to come near the majesty of Homer. She died at 19 years of age. She wrote besides several pieces; a few fragments of which may be seen in the Carmina novem Poetarum Fæminarum. Antwerp, 1568, 8 vo.
ESPINASSI, (MADEMOISELLE L')
A sensible female writer of France, in the last century, on The Education of young Ladies, and an Abridgement of French History.
ESTHER, Wife of Artaxerxes Longimanus.
While the whole nation of the Jews were in captivity, far from their native country, the wife of the sovereign had offended him, by refusing to appear before strangers at a feast, when he demanded her presence: and the king, having once divorced her, could not recal his decree, though desirous of so doing; he was counselled to assemble the most beautiful women throughout his
