Biography:Nicarete of Megara

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Short description: Ancient Greek philosopher and/or hetaira

Nicarete or Nicareta of Megara (Greek: Νικαρέτη, Nikarétē) was a philosopher of the Megarian school, who flourished around 300 BC. 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]

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