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ZenoOf Elea; Cf.Moralia, 1126 d, 1051 c; Diels, Frag. d. Vorsokrat. 5, i. p. 249, A 7; and Dougan’s note on Cicero, Tusc. Disp., ii. 22. 52. the philosopher, in order that even against his will no secret should be betrayed by his body when under torture, bit his tongue through and spat it out at the despot.Called by Plutarch Demylos of Carystus. And LeaenaCf. Pausanias, i. 23. 1; Athenaeus, 596 f; Leaena means lioness. She was Aristogeiton’s mistress. also has a splendid reward for her self-control. She was a courtesan belonging to the group led by Harmodius and Aristogeiton and shared in the conspiracy against the tyrantsHippias and Hipparchus; Cf. Thucydides, vi. 54-59; Aristotle, Ath. Pol., xviii. 2. - with her hopes, all a woman could do; for she also had joined in the revels about that noble mixing-bowl of ErosThe motive of Love runs through the entire story: Thettalus and Harmodius’s sister, Aristogeiton and Harmodius, Leaena and Aristogeiton. This was Eros’s mixing-bowl. and through the god had been initiated into the secrets which might not be revealed. When, therefore, the conspirators failed and were put to death, she was questioned and commanded to reveal those who still escaped detection; but she would not do so and continued steadfast, proving that those men had experienced a passion not unworthy of themselves in loving a woman like her. And the Athenians caused a bronze lionessSee Judeich, op. cit., p. 231. without a tongue to be made and set it up in the gates of the Acropolis, representing by the spirited courage of the animal Leaena’s invincible character, and by its tonguelessness her power of silence in keeping a holy secret.
