LAYS  , the name of two See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek courtesans, generally distinguished as follows . (I) The See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder, a native of See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born c . 480 B.C., was famous for her greed and hardheartedness, which gained her the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of Axine (the See also:

• AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

axe) . Among her lovers were the philosophers See also:

• ARISTIPPUS (c. 435–356 B.c.)

Aristippus and See also:

• DIOGENES

Diogenes, and Eubatas (or Aristoteles) of See also:

• CYRENE [mod. Ain Shahat-Grenna]

Cyrene, a famous runner . In her old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age she became a drunkard . Her See also:

• GRAVE

grave was shown in the Craneion near Corinth, surmounted by a lioness tearing a See also:

• RAM
• RAM, PIERRE FRANCOIS XAVIER DE (18o4-1865)

ram . (2) The younger, daughter of Timandra the See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of See also:

• ALCIBIADES (c. 450-404 B.c.)

Alcibiades, born at Hyccara in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily c . 420 B.C., taken to Corinth during the Sicilian expedition . The painter See also:

• APELLES

Apelles, who saw her See also:

• DRAWING

drawing See also:

• WATER

water from the See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain of Peirene, was struck by her beauty, and took her as a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model . Having followed a handsome Thessalian to his native See also:

• LAND

land, she was slain in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• APHRODITE

Aphrodite by See also:

• WOMEN

women who were jealous of her beauty . Many anecdotes are told of a Lads by See also:

• ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus, See also:

• AELIAN (AELIANUS TACTICUS)
• AELIAN (CLAUDIUS AELIANUS)

Aelian, See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias, and she forms the subject of many epigrams in the Greek See also:

• ANTHOLOGY

Anthology; but, owing to the similarity of names, there is considerable uncertainty to whom they refer . The name itself, like See also:

• PHRYNE

Phryne, was used as a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• TERM

term for a courtesan .

See F . See also:

• JACOBS, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1764-1847)

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