Lais — may refer to one of the following: *Lais of Corinth, a courtesan *Lais of Hyccara, a courtesan *Laïs, a musical group *Plural for Lai, a poetic form *Breton lais *The Lais of Marie de France *Lais River in Arjeplog Municipality, Sweden. *Lais… … Wikipedia
Lais of Hyccara — (d. 340 BCE) was a courtesan of Ancient Greece. She was probably born in Hyccara, Sicily (in the place of modern Carini) and died in Thessalia. Another hetaera (an older one) with the same name was Lais of Corinth. Since ancient authors in their… … Wikipedia
LAÏS — the name of two Greek courtesans celebrated for their beauty, the one a native of Corinth, who lived at the time of the Peloponnesian War, and the other belonging to Sicily, and who, having visited Thessaly, was stoned to death by the women of … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Ancient Corinth — Infobox Former Country native name = Κόρινθος conventional long name = Corinth common name = Corinth continent = Europe region = Mediterranean country = Greece era = Classical Antiquity government type = Monarchy event start = year start = 7th… … Wikipedia
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Courtesan — For other uses, see Courtesan (disambiguation). Relationships … Wikipedia
List of ancient Greeks — This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD. compactTOCRelated articles NOTOC A*Acacius of Caesarea bishop of Caesarea… … Wikipedia
Epicrates of Ambracia — (Greek: Επικράτης Αμβρακιώτης), was an Ambraciote who lived in Athens, a comic poet of the Middle Comedy, according to the testimony of Athenaeus (x. p. 422, f.), confirmed by extant fragments of his plays, in which he ridicules Plato and his… … Wikipedia
Neaira (hetaera) — Neaira Born 4th century BC Died 4th century BC Occupation Hetaera Neaira, or Neaera, (pronounced neh EYE ruh ) (Νέαιρα ) was a hetaera who lived in the 4th century BC in ancient Greece; there is no reliable data about the exact dates of her birth … Wikipedia
Latin profanity — is the profane, indecent, or impolite vocabulary of Latin, and its uses. The profane vocabulary of early Vulgar Latin was largely sexual and scatological: the abundance[1] of religious profanity found in some of the Romance languages is a… … Wikipedia
