Athenais

Athenais was a Roman noblewoman of Greek Athenian and Italian Roman descent. Athenais lived between the second half of the 2nd century and first half of the 3rd century in the Roman Empire.

Athenais was the daughter of the Athenian Aristocrat Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus and his wife, whose name is unknown. Her paternal half uncle was Lucius Vibullius Claudius Herodes. Herodes Atticus and Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus were first cousins.

Athenais was born and raised in Athens. She is only known from honorific inscriptions dedicated to her in Greece. There was a statue dedicated to her at Olympia, Greece and the headless statue of her is on display at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

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