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    Hetaira (redirect from Hetaera)
    ἑταίρα, lit. 'companion'; pl.. ἑταῖραι hetairai, /hɪˈtaɪraɪ/), Latinized as hetaera (/hɪˈtɪrə/ pl. hetaerae /hɪˈtɪriː/), was a type of courtesan or prostitute...
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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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