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LAYS , the name of two See also:

Greek courtesans, generally distinguished as follows. (I) The See also:elder, a native of See also:Corinth, See also:born c. 480 B.C., was famous for her greed and hardheartedness, which gained her the See also:nickname of Axine (the See also:axe). Among her lovers were the philosophers See also:Aristippus and See also:Diogenes, and Eubatas (or Aristoteles) of See also:Cyrene, a famous runner. In her old See also:age she became a drunkard. Her See also:grave was shown in the Craneion near Corinth, surmounted by a lioness tearing a See also:ram. (2) The younger, daughter of Timandra the See also:mistress of See also:Alcibiades, born at Hyccara in See also:Sicily c. 420 B.C., taken to Corinth during the Sicilian expedition. The painter See also:Apelles, who saw her See also:drawing See also:water from the See also:fountain of Peirene, was struck by her beauty, and took her as a See also:model. Having followed a handsome Thessalian to his native See also:land, she was slain in the See also:temple of See also:Aphrodite by See also:women who were jealous of her beauty. Many anecdotes are told of a Lads by See also:Athenaeus, See also:Aelian, See also:Pausanias, and she forms the subject of many epigrams in the Greek See also:Anthology; but, owing to the similarity of names, there is considerable uncertainty to whom they refer. The name itself, like See also:Phryne, was used as a See also:general See also:term for a courtesan.

See F. See also:

Jacobs, Vermischte Schriften, iv. (183o).

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