Leontion

Leontion (Latin: Leontium, Greek: Λεόντιον; fl.

[2] Diogenes Laërtius has preserved a line from a letter that Epicurus evidently wrote to Leontion, in which Epicurus praises her for her well-written arguments against certain philosophical views (which aren't mentioned in Diogenes' quote).

[3] According to Pliny, she was painted by Aristides of Thebes in a work entitled "Leontion thinking of Epicurus.

"[4] According to Cicero, Leontion is said to have published arguments criticizing the famous philosopher Theophrastus: Leontium, that mere courtesan, who had the effrontery to write a riposte to Theophrastus – mind you, she wrote elegantly in good Attic, but still, this was the licence which prevailed in the Garden of Epicurus.

[5] This anecdote was later adopted by Pliny, in the preface of his Naturalis historia.