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Definition of Hetaera

Hetaera
Hetaera He*t[ae]"ra, Hetaira He*tai"ra, n.; pl. -r[ae]. [NL. See Hetairism.] (Gr. Antiq.) A female paramour; a mistress, concubine, or harlot. -- He*t[ae]"ric, He*tai"ric, a.

Meaning of Hetaera from wikipedia

- ἑταίρα, lit. 'companion'; pl.. ἑταῖραι hetairai, /hɪˈtaɪraɪ/), Latinized as hetaera (/hɪˈtɪrə/ pl. hetaerae /hɪˈtɪriː/), was a type of courtesan or prostitute...
- Neaira (/niˈaɪrə/; Ancient Gr****: Νέαιρα), also Neaera (/niˈɪərə/), was a hetaera who lived in the 4th century BC in ancient Greece. She was brought to trial...
- 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...
- Fabricius, 1775) Cithaerias cissa Hübner, [1819] Hetaera pellucida Butler, 1866 Hetaera phelis Butler, 1866 Hetaera harpalyce Butler, 1866 Callitaera pellucida...
- 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...
- Glaphyra (Gr****: Γλαφύρα) was a hetaera, a form of courtesan, who lived in the 1st century BC. Glaphyra was famed and celebrated in antiquity for her...
- Thargelia (Ancient Gr****: Θαργηλία) was a renowned hetaera in ancient Greece who is said to have been married fourteen times. According to Plutarch, she...
- Colotis hetaera, the eastern purple tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia...
- 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...
- 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...