Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth by Laura McClure

Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth

Women in Antiquity

Laura McClure

216 pages first pub 2024 (view editions) user-added

nonfiction feminism history
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Although Phryne is considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during the fourth century BCE, there have been no modern attempts to reconstruct her life. It was not until the eighteenth century that artistic inter...

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