CHAP. 23. (23.)—INSTANCES OF ENDURANCE OF PAIN.
Of patience in enduring pain, that being too frequently the
lot of our calamitous fate, we have innumerable instances related. One of the most remarkable instances among the female
sex is that of the courtesan Leæna, who, although put to the
torture, refused to betray the tyrant-slayers, Harmodius and
Aristogiton. [Note] Among those of men, we have that of Anaxarchus, who, when put to the torture for a similar reason, bit
off his tongue and spit it into the face of the tyrant, thus
destroying the only hope [Note] of his making any betrayal.
