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Lais

also: Lais, Laida, Laide

Famous Greek courtesan of Corinth, the proverbial type of the high-class hetaira and the lover of Aristippus. Cited in Fam. 9.26 in Aristippus's quip about mastering rather than being mastered by pleasure.

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Ad Familiares 9.26 letters · 1 mention

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