Women / Persons ~ P08289

Lais

Alternate Names:

Lais of Corinth

Gender: Female

Life Dates: fl. 425 BCE

Types:

Lover or muse of writer or artist

Note: courtesan, which could mean learned woman. Sometimes confused with Lais of Hyccara.

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Biographies (3 Total)

Lais Author: Thomas Heywood . Collection Title: The Generall History of Women, Containing the Lives of the Most Holy and Profane. 1657
Laïs Author: anon0002 . Collection Title: Eccentric Biography; or, Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, Ancient and Modern. Including Actresses, Adventurers, Authoresses, Fortune-Tellers, Gipsies, Dwarfs, Swindlers and Vagrants: Also Many Others who Have Distinguished Themselves by Their Chastity, Dissipation, Intrepidity, Learning, Abstinence, Credulity, &c., &c.: Alphabetically Arranged: Forming a Pleasing Mirror of Reflection to the Female Mind. Ornamented with Portraits of the Most Singular Characters in the Work. 1803
Queens of Love and Courtesans: Lais of Corinth Author: Alexander Freiherr von Gleichen-Russwurm . Collection Title: The World's Lure: Fair Women, Their Loves, Their Power, Their Fates. Translated by Hannah Waller. 1927