Since the beginning of Byzantinists' interest in emotions, attention has been paid to the role of gender in Byzantine concepts of emotion (see Stavroula Constantinou, Gendered Emotions in Byzantine Narrative, 2024). Debates on these questions point to negative attitudes towards the emotionality of women, who, due to their gender, were often portrayed as being out of control of their actions. In the literature, these issues have acquired a stereotypical character, in which the predominantly negative nature of women's emotions is almost unanimously emphasised. In the paper, I want to address these issues. By analysing selected historiographical works in , I want to show the twofold character of women's emotionality: on the one hand, uncontrollable and negative reactions, and on the other hand, feelings which, although expressed in an overly expressive manner that did not fit into accepted norms, nevertheless represented the positive side of the heroines' character and behaviour.