Phryne - Wikipedia Phryne (Ancient Greek: Φρύνη, [a] before 370 – after 316 BC) was an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan) Born Mnesarete, she was from Thespiae in Boeotia, but seems to have lived most of her life in Athens She apparently grew up poor, but became one of the richest women in Greece
Phryne | Athenian, Model, Heiress | Britannica Phryne was a famous Greek courtesan Because of her sallow complexion, she was called by the Greek name for “toad ” She was born in Thespiae, Boeotia, but lived at Athens, where she earned so much by her beauty and wit that she offered to rebuild the walls of Thebes, on condition that the words
Phryne, The Ancient Greek Prostitute Who Flashed Her Way to Freedom Phryne the Thespian was a famed courtesan of Athens, better known for the court case she won by baring her breasts Her actual name was Mnesarete but people referred to her as Phryne (“toad”) because of the yellow complexion of her skin
Phryne (c. 365–c. 295 BCE) - Encyclopedia. com One of the most beautiful and most notorious of these was Phryne Phryne was born in the mid-4th century bce, some 40 years after the end of the Peloponnesian War, when Spartan hegemony was threatened by the rebirths of both Athens and Thebes as major Greek powers
Phryne: a life in fragments – Bryn Mawr Classical Review Phryne’s bold but fictional judicial move was reminiscent of mythological episodes involving Hecuba, Clytemnestra, and Helen Ignored by Renaissance artists, it was depicted by nineteenth-century painters eager to represent female nudity and looking for an excuse to do so
Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth - Oxford Academic Although considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during this period, Phryne became even more popular in the later literary tradition, which continually reimagined and embellished her stories
Phryne · Biographies · The Medusa Archive - Omeka Phryne is perhaps the most famous and wealthiest of 4 th Century hetaerae (“courtesans”), renowned for her relationship with the celebrated sculptor, Praxiteles, and her memorable trial in the Athenian courts for profaning the Eleusinian mysteries (Haight 1948, 464 468 Gutzwiller 2004, 385)