Neaira (/niˈaɪrə/; Greek: Νέαιρα), also Neaera (/niˈɪərə/), was a hetaera who lived in the 4th century BC in ancient Greece. She was brought to trial...
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real name possibly Doricha (Δωρίχα), was a celebrated 6th-century BCE hetaera, of Thracian origin. She is one of only two hetaerae mentioned by name...
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Cithaerias andromeda (redirect from Hetaera pellucida)
Fabricius, 1775) Cithaerias cissa Hübner, [1819] Hetaera pellucida Butler, 1866 Hetaera phelis Butler, 1866 Hetaera harpalyce Butler, 1866 Callitaera pellucida...
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Thargelia (Greek: Θαργηλία) was a renowned hetaera in ancient Greece who is said to have been married fourteen times. According to Plutarch, she was born...
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Corinth. She was raised as a daughter, along with Neaera, and molded into a hetaera. Athenaeus claims that she was the mistress of both Isocrates and Lysias...
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Prostitution in ancient Greece (section Hetaera)
for a dozen visits. In the 2nd century, Lucian in his Dialogue of the Hetaera has the prostitute Ampelis consider five drachma per visit as a mediocre...
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Symphanactis (redirect from Symphanactis hetaera)
of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Symphanactis hetaera, which is found in Guyana. The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The forewings are grey...
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by Xerxes; Plutarch and Diodorus allege that Alexander's companion, the hetaera Thaïs, instigated and started the fire. Even as he watched the city burn...
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Glaphyra (Greek: Γλαφύρα) was a hetaera, a form of courtesan, who lived in the 1st century BC. Glaphyra was famed and celebrated in antiquity for her...
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