Leaena
Lĕaena, ae, f., = Λέαινα,
- an heroic courtesan of Athens, in the time of Harmodius and Aristogīton, Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87; 34, 8, 19, § 72; Lact. 1, 20.
2. Leaena, ae, f. (Λέαινα), eine griech. Hetäre, Geliebte des Aristogiton, Lact. 1, 20, 3.
2 Lĕæna, (15) æ, f. , nom grec de femme : Plin. 7, 87 ; Lact. Inst. 1, 20.
Leaena
(Λέαινα). The mistress of Aristogiton or of Harmodius (q.v.). On the murder of Hipparchus she was tortured, but refused to betray her friends, and, according to one account, bit off her own tongue to make any revelation impossible. She died of her sufferings, and in her memory the Athenians erected on the Acropolis a bronze lioness (λέαινα) without a tongue (Pausan. i. 23, 2).
Leaena
Leaena, mistress of Aristogiton
- tortured by Hippias: Paus. 1.23.2
- her monument: Paus. 1.23.2