Metaneira (hetaera)

Metaneira was active in Corinth and Athens Greek courtesan. Metaneira was known for her beauty and her cleverness. As a child she was bought by Nikarete from Corinth. From this she was raised as an alleged daughter, and is designed to courtesan. Thus it was one of the " sisters " of the Neaira. To her lover were Isocrates and Lysias. Lysias it was that made her initiated into the mysteries of Eleusis. Love letters from him to Metaneira are likely spurious.

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  • Athenaeus 3.107 c; 13,584 f, 587d, 592b, 593F
  • Pseudo- Demosthenes or. 59.19-23
  • Lysias fragments 111f.
  • Courtesan
  • Greek ( Ancient )
  • Born on the 5th or 4th century BC
  • Died in the 4th century BC
  • Woman
Nikarete of Corinth Pseudo-Demosthenes
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