Metaneira_(hetaera)

Metaneira (hetaera)

Metaneira (hetaera)

Ancient greek Hetaira

Metaneira (Ancient Greek: Μετάνειρα) was a hetaira active in Classical Corinth and Athens. As a child, she was purchased by Nikarete of Corinth.[1] She was raised as a daughter, along with Neaera, and molded into a hetaera. Athenaeus claims that she was the mistress of both Isocrates and Lysias,[2] who according to Apollodorus arranged for her to be initiated into the Mysteries of Eleusis.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Pseudo-Demosthenes, Against Neaira, 18-19
  2. [2]
    Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, 13.62
  3. [3]
    Pseudo-Demosthenes, Against Neaira, 21


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