Note 245 — FIRST SECTION. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Lucian, Amores, 41., Μηδὲν ἀχθεσθῇς, εἰ ταῖς Ἀθήναις ἡ Κόρινθος εἴζει, (Do not be annoyed, if Corinth yields to Athens), on which the scholiasts add the explanation: ἢ ὡς τῆς Κορίνθου μὲν ἀνακειμένης Ἀφροδίτῃ (διὸ καὶ πολλὴ ἐν Κορίνθῳ ἡ γυναικεία μίξις) Ἀθηνῶν δὲ παιδεραστίᾳ κομώντων ἤτοι τῇ κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν καὶ σώφρονι ἢ τῇ τῷ ὄντι μιαρᾷ καὶ διαβεβλημένῃ. (while Corinth is devoted to Aphrodité (wherefore in Corinth there is much varied intercourse with women), Athens prides herself on paederastia, whether a love of boys that is philosophic and wise, or a love that is veritably vile and despicable). Aristophanes, Plutus, vv. 149-152.,
Καὶ τὰς χ’ ἑταίρας φασὶ τὰς Κορινθίας, Ὅταν μὲν αὐτάς τις πένης πειρῶν τύχῃ Οὐδὲ προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν· ἐὰν δὲ πλούσιος, Τὸν πρωκτὸν αὐτὰς εὐθὺς ὡς τοῦτον τρέπειν.
(And they say that the Corinthian hetaerae, should any poor man chance to solicit them, pay no attention whatever; but if it be a rich man, at once they turn their posterior to him).