The real Lasthenia?

My earlier suggestion about Lasthenia was not entirely in jest, but a 
philosopher friend has since advised me that Plato made a fleeting 
reference in his Symposium to two women philosophers of an earlier day: 
Lasthenia of Mantinea and Axiothea of Phlius of whom nothing further is 
known save they both wore men's clothing whilst teaching.

Is there a plant genus honouring Axiothea? I see none in Hortus III or 
Exotica.

Warm regards,

William Glover

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William Glover
Mango Corners, Jones Estate
NEVIS, West Indies (Antilles)

wmglover@caribsurf.com
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