Lamia
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Lamia the courtesan
in the texts
Protrepticus
Courtesan whom Demetrius took into the sanctuary prepared for his marriage to Athena.
but he scorned the goddess, being unable to marry the statue, and, taking Lamia the courtesan, went up to the acropolis and consorted with her in the bridal chamber of Athena, displaying to the old virgin the postures of the young courtesan.