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Phryne the Hetaira of Athens and her famed life
The article recounts Phryne of Thespiae later known as Phryne the Hetaira, noting her intellect and beauty, humble origins, and rise in Athens. It covers her public persona, alleged acts, courtroom acquittal defended by Hypereides, and its influence on art from Praxiteles and Appeles to later epigrams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bipst
Hetaira
Greece
Aspasia
Phryne
Thespiae
Boeotia
Eplles
Athens
Mnesarete
Thebes
Alexander the Great
Alexander
Inen
Eleusis
Appelos
Philip
Straightway
Aphrodite
Eieusis
Hypereides
Hypereldes
Pragiteles
Venus
Appeles
Praxiteles
Fraxiteles
Cupid
Aphrodites
Phrynepus