Charixene

Charixene, or Charixena (4th-century BC), was an Ancient Greek musician, poet and composer. She was a professional fluteplayer.She was active as a poet and achieved some fame, and Eustathios lists her among Sappho and Korinna as a women poet worthy of praise. She also wrote erotic songs, and composed tunes for wind instruments.She was respected as an artist, but as a person, many comic poets of the time referred to her as stupid and naive, and her name became an expression of stupidity.