Nicarete of Megara

Nicarete of Megara

Nicarete of Megara (Greek: Νικαρέτη; fl. c. 300 BCE) was a philosopher of the Megarian school. She is stated by Athenaeus to have been a hetaera of good family and education, and to have been a disciple of Stilpo.[1] Diogenes Laërtius states that she was Stilpo's mistress, though he had a wife.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Athenaeus, xiii. 596e
  2. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, ii. 114.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).


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