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    A hetaira (/hɪˈtaɪrə/; Ancient Greek: ἑταίρα, lit. 'companion'; pl.. ἑταῖραι hetairai, /hɪˈtaɪraɪ/), Latinized as hetaera (/hɪˈtɪrə/ pl. hetaerae /hɪˈtɪriː/)...
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  • Βακχίς; 4th-century BC) was a Greek hetaira. She was originally the slave of the hetaira Sinope, who trained her as a hetaira. She was manumitted and eventually...
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  • Hetaira is a genus of Central and South American bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. *Orthoptera Species File (September 2, 2011) v t e...
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  • dancer,singer Lais of Corinth (5th century BC), hetaira-courtesan Lais of Hyccara (killed 340 BC), hetaira-courtesan Marion Delorme (c. 1613–1650): lover...
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    Thaïs (Greek: Θαΐς; fl. 4th century BCE) was a Greek hetaira who accompanied Alexander the Great on his military campaigns. Likely from Athens, she is...
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    romanized: Phrū́nē, before 370 BC – after 316 BC) was an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan). Born Mnesarete, she was from Thespiae in Boeotia, but seems...
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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 between...
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    Gnathaena (Ancient Greek: Γνάθαινα) was an Athenian hetaira (plural: hetairai), a class of ancient Greek prostitutes who were companions to wealthy men...
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    artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. The subject matter is Phryne, an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan) who was put on trial for impiety. Phryne was acquitted after...
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    BC) was a famous hetaira or courtesan of ancient Greece, who was probably born in Corinth. She shared a name with the younger hetaira Lais of Hyccara;...
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