Leaena

Leaina (Greek lioness ) would an Athenian courtesan.

She was involved in the conspiracy of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, anyway, the tyrant Hippias suspected that, since she was the mistress of Aristogeiton. He took her captive and tortured her, but she remained silent. Tertullian ( Serm. Martyrs ) reported that they have to give anything away, can bitten his tongue. To honor their courage, the Athenians are said to have begotten the portrait of tyrannicide, the sculpture of a lioness without a tongue.

Swell

  • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia VII.23
  • Plutarch, Peri adoleschias § 505
  • Alexander from Alexandro This Ingenious. Rome 1522. I.30
  • Pausanias I.23
  • Aegidius Menagius ( Gilles Ménage of Angers), Historia Mulierum Philosopharum. 96
Athens Harmodius and Aristogeiton (sculpture) Hippias (tyrant)
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