Editing Anna Komnene (section)

==Education==
Anna wrote at the beginning of the ''Alexiad'' about her education, highlighting her experience with [[literature]], [[Greek language]], rhetoric, and sciences.<ref name="Komnene 2009, p. 3"/> Tutors trained her in subjects that included [[astronomy]], [[medicine]], [[history]], military affairs, [[geography]], and [[mathematics]]. Anna was noted for her education by the medieval scholar, [[Niketas Choniates]], who wrote that Anna "was ardently devoted to philosophy, the queen of all sciences, and was educated in every field."<ref>Choniates 1984, p. 8.</ref><ref>Connor 2004, p. 255.</ref> Anna's conception of her education is shown in her testament, which credited her parents for allowing her to obtain an education.<ref>{{harvnb|Laiou|2000|p=4}}; referenced from Kurtz, Ed. "Unedierte Texte aus der Zeit des Kaisers Johannes Komnenos." Byzantinische Zeitschrift 16 (1907): 69–119.</ref> This testament is in contrast to a funeral oration about Anna given by her contemporary, Georgios Tornikes. In his oration he said that she had to read ancient poetry, such as the ''[[Odyssey]]'', in secret because her parents disapproved of its dealing with polytheism and other "dangerous exploits," which were considered "dangerous" for men and "excessively insidious" for women. Tornikes went on to say that Anna "braced the weakness of her soul" and studied the poetry "taking care not to be detected by her parents."<ref>Browning 1990, pp. 404–405.</ref>

Anna proved to be capable not only on an intellectual level but also in practical matters. Her father placed her in charge of a large hospital and orphanage that he built for her to administer in [[Constantinople]]. The hospital was said to hold beds for 10,000 patients and orphans. Anna taught medicine at the hospital, as well as at other hospitals and orphanages. She was considered an expert on [[gout]]. Anna treated her father during his final illness.<ref>{{cite book|title=Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia|last=Windsor|first=Laura Lynn|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2002|isbn=978-1-57607-392-6|page=45}}</ref>