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- ↑ Galen, de Ther. ad Pison. 100.2. vol. ii. p. 485, ed. Basil
- ↑ Curnow, Trevor (2006). "Arria". The Philosophers of the Ancient World: An A-Z Guide. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 49. ISBN 9780715634974 . Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ↑ Gilles Ménage, Historia Mulierum Philosopharum 100.47
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William (1870). "Arria (3)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. p. 350.