Famous Females from Antiquity: The Shulamnite Woman

THE most widely known, best-loved, female character, from literature, from antiquity, non-fiction, is, the shulamnite woman. She is the Jewish King Solomon's "one that got away." 

She, & her ruddy, daring, courageous, & adventurous beloved/lover, the shepherd boy, are the entire topic, of the book: "Song Of Solomon" although that connection is unstated, & a careful reader will draw it. 

She is the real-life inspiration for Solomon's much-vaunted Proverbs 31 ideal woman; also un-stated, so, other historical records must be brought to bear, to confirm the identicality that draws the conclusion. And, with the addition of other historians descriptions of her entire life, it's likely that everything about the feminine, in proverbs, describes her, and as much as everything about children going right(opposite of gone wrong) could be from observations of the results of her parenting.

And, the linear, A, then B, then C, type of story-telling is scattered across multiple books, with no stated, overt identifiers attached, so, the majority of people who ever identified as "Christian" in all of time, were all instructed to read Psalms, Proverbs, and The New Testament, but, they will never read enough to realize that everything they read described one historical person, & the consequences of her existence. 

Even people who read "Song of Solomon" as well as Proverbs, will absolutely fail to learn there is one, sole inspiration. They are most likely to interpret the book as idealism(encouragement), mythology(enlightenment), theory(apologetics), or teaching(hermeneutics) , but, that can only possibly apply to the refrain, which goes like this:

       Do not arouse love

before it's time 

        It is more powerful than death

and more jealous than the grave

Other than the refrain, sung by the Chorus, at extremely regular intervals, the rest of it is just a bald statement of the facts of the narrative that was the Shulamnite woman's relationship to love, and sexuality. He writes it in the same form, & voice, as Jason amd the Golden Fleece, or, Odysseus' famous epic, which is the voice of fiction.

 Solomon is perfectly discrete, much like a reporter, who protects the identity of their source. Now, I say she is the most widely known historical female character, because Christianity has spread it's telling of her story. And, above all other things, Christianity teaches that adherence MUST read their Bible, and threatens eternal damnation, and eternal nirvana, depending on how well adherents confront, obey, & fulfill that dictum. 

And, I've also stated why the most widely read, and studied piece of literary work obscures, and hides the fact the reader is reading a simple non-fictional factual accounting. So, 99% of the people who will spend their entire life reading about her, a chapter a day, will NEVER learn there is a Her they are reading about.