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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text xml:base="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><body xml:lang="eng" n="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><div type="textpart" subtype="alphabetic_letter" n="L"><div type="textpart" subtype="entry" xml:id="leontium-bio-1" n="leontium_1"><head><persName xml:lang="la"><surname full="yes">Leo'ntium</surname></persName></head><p>(<persName xml:lang="grc"><surname full="yes">Λεόντιον</surname></persName>), an Athenian hetaera,
      the disciple and mistress of Epicurus. She wrote a treatise against Theophrastus, which Cicero
      characterises as written <hi rend="ital">scito quidem sermone et Attico.</hi> According to
      Pliny (<hi rend="ital">Praef.</hi>) the audacity of the attempt gave rise to the proverb <hi rend="ital">suspendio arborem eligere.</hi> Pliny mentions a painting of her by Theodorus, in
      which she was represented in a meditative attitude. Among her numerous lovers we also find
      mentioned Metrodorus, the disciple of Epicurus, and Hermesianax of Colophon. She had a
      daughter, Danae, who was also an hetaera of some notoriety. (<bibl n="D. L. 10.4">D. L.
       10.4</bibl>; <bibl n="Ath. 13.588">Athen. 13.588</bibl>a. b. 593, b. 597, a; Cic. <hi rend="ital">de Nat. Deor.</hi> 1.33; <bibl n="Plin. Nat. 35.11">Plin. Nat. 35.11</bibl>.) </p><byline>[<ref target="author.C.P.M">C.P.M</ref>]</byline></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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