Greek: παλλακαί; singular pallake (παλλακή)) was the general name given to a concubine in ancient Greece. The word pallake, "concubine" is of uncertain...

Mosaic (3rd century AD) depicting Glykera (left), the pallake of Polemon (center), and a household slave named Sosias (right) in a scene from the play...

who argues that Myrto was Socrates' wife whereas Xanthippe was a citizen pallake ("concubine"). On the basis of her name (a compound of hippos, "horse"...

affair with Hades is παλλακή (pallakḗ), translating to 'concubine' or 'young girl'. In ancient Greek culture, a pallake referred to a man's unmarried...

of the god, he went mad. Once Troy had fallen, Cassandra was taken as a pallake (concubine) by King Agamemnon of Mycenae. While he was away at war, Agamemnon's...

": 38  Men, on the other hand, were allowed live-in mistresses called pallake. This, for example, permitted Roman society to find both a husband's control...

Olynthia ("The Woman From Olynthos") Orge ("Anger") Paidion ("Little Child") Pallake ("The Concubine") Parakatatheke ("The Deposit") Perinthia ("The Woman from...

Olynthos") Opora ("Autumn") Orchestris ("The Dancing-Girl") Orestes ("Orestes") Pallake ("The Concubine") Pamphile Pankratiastes Parasitos ("The Parasite") Pezonike...

"The Monument") Onagros ("The Wild Donkey") Paiderastai ("The Pederasts") Pallake ("The Concubine") Parasitos ("The Parasite") Peliades ("Daughters of Pelias")...

defence seems to have been that Neaira was living as Stephanos' concubine (pallake). Following Sauppe, modern scholars have tended to read "He produced false...