Leontion
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Ancient courtesan and philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Leontion was a Greek Epicurean philosopher. Biography Leontion was a pupil of Epicurus and his philosophy. She was the companion of Metrodorus of Lampsacus. The information we have about her is scant. She was said to have been a hetaera – a courtesan or prostitute.
