Talk:Lais of Corinth

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[edit] Two Laises

Lais is not only ONE greek Hetaera. There are two (or maybe three, scince is unshure)different Women called Lais and of all of them are Informations in the Article. In fact this is not longer to accept. See the two german articles (there are also literature):

I made an initial split, but when started reading German articles I begun suspecting that actually the two german ones are confusion. For example, both mention 10K drahms fee. Therefore I am leaving the continuation for experts, lazy to dig in google myself. `'mikka (t) 02:26, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

OK I've accidentally stumbled on a reputable book and take data from it. The following piece is thrown away as an unreliable (in fact a mixture of the two Laises).

The fees she charged for her sexual favors were legendary (10,000 drachmas when she began). She was well known not only for her beauty and fee, but also for her conversation and charm. Her services and attention were sought intensely by the greatest philosophers and leaders of her day. Diogenes and the sculptor Myron both sought her out. Demosthenes famously walked out after being told her price, saying ‘I do not buy repentance for ten thousand drachmae.’ (In Greek: Οὐκ ὠνοῦμαι μυρίων δραχμῶν μεταμέλειαν.) She ridiculed the social pretensions of Corinth and observed that the philosophers were as often at her door as the rest of Athens.
She moved to Thessaly and took up with a favorite youth named Hippostratus. The women of the area banded together and had her assassinated in the Temple of Aphrodite around 340 BC.
`'mikka (t) 02:53, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
mikka, a big thanks - I read it tomorrow, tonight (11.33 PM in germany) I'm nearly sleeping. Kenwilliams 21:33, 17 June 2006 (UTC)