Lastheneia of Mantinea

Lastheneia (or Lasthenia) of

Mantinea (Greek: Λασθένεια Μαντινική) was one of Plato

She was born in

Arcadia, in the Peloponnese. She studied in the Academy of Plato dressed as a man.^[1] After the death of Plato she continued her studies with Speusippus, Plato's nephew.^[2] She is also said to have had a relationship with Speusippus.^[3]

A

Menedemus of Eretria.^[4] The fragment goes on to explain that "in her teens she was lovely and full of unstudied grace." This woman is probably Lastheneia or Axiothea of Phlius

.

References

^ Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 46. This story of dressing as a man may only apply Axiothea of Phlius who also studied in the Academy.
^ Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 2
^ Athenaeus, vii. 279, xii. 546.
^ POxy 3656

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[1] Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 46. This story of dressing as a man may only apply Axiothea of Phlius who also studied in the Academy.

[2] Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 2

[3] Athenaeus, vii. 279, xii. 546.

[4] POxy 3656

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