Amatoria. In later times, Philaenis was remembered for her reputation of licentiousness. A fictional character named Philaenis appears in the Epigrams of...
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sexual relationships. In the Graeco-Roman era, a sex manual was written by Philaenis of Samos, possibly a hetaira (courtesan) of the Hellenistic period (3rd–1st...
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about it by Philaenis and Archestratus and the other writers of such stuff; and in book VII he says: one is therefore not to study Philaenis, or the Gastronomy...
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The Marble Arch, also Arch of the Philaeni (Italian: Arco dei Fileni), formerly known in Libya as El Gaus (i.e. "The Arch"), was a monument in Libya built...
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have a long history. In the Greco-Roman era, a sex manual was written by Philaenis of Samos, possibly a hetaira (courtesan) of the Hellenistic period (3rd–1st...
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Lazzat Un Nisa List of Indian inventions and discoveries Mlecchita vikalpa Philaenis The Perfumed Garden Song of Songs Sengupta cites only on the 300/400 BCE...
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Cyrene, who shared a border with the Carthaginian empire at the Altars of Philaeni. Ptolemy was also the first Egyptian ruler to enter into formal relations...
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erotic author (in a tradition that included two other women writers, Philaenis and Elephantis): she wrote a book about sexual positions. Photius, Bibliotheca...
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Polycrates was the author of the sex manual traditionally attributed to Philaenis of Samos. John Lemprière (1839). A Classical Dictionary containing a copious...
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critical attention. In the early 17th century, John Donne wrote "Sapho to Philaenis", returning to the idea of Sappho as a hypersexual lover of women. The...
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