Definition of Hetaira. Meaning of Hetaira. Synonyms of Hetaira

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Definition of Hetaira

Hetaira
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 Hetaira from wikipedia

- A hetaira (/hɪˈtaɪrə/; Ancient Gr****: ἑταίρα, lit. 'companion'; pl.. ἑταῖραι hetairai, /hɪˈtaɪraɪ/), Latinized as hetaera (/hɪˈtɪrə/ pl. hetaerae /hɪˈtɪriː/)...
- Hetaira is a genus of Central and South American bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. *Orthoptera Species File (September 2, 2011) v t e...
- (Ancient Gr****: Φρύνη, before 370 – after 316 BC) was an ancient Gr**** hetaira (courtesan). Born Mnesarete, she was from Thespiae in Boeotia, but seems...
- Thaïs (/ˈθaɪs/; Gr****: Θαΐς; fl. 4th century BCE) was a Gr**** hetaira who accompanied Alexander the Great on his military campaigns. Likely from Athens...
- dancer,singer Lais of Corinth (5th century BC), hetaira-courtesan Lais of Hyccara (killed 340 BC), hetaira-courtesan Marion Delorme (c. 1613–1650): lover...
- Βακχίς; 4th-century BC) was a Gr**** hetaira. She was originally the slave of the hetaira Sinope, who trained her as a hetaira. She was manumitted and eventually...
- Gnathaena (Ancient Gr****: Γνάθαινα) was an Athenian hetaira (plural: hetairai), a class of ancient Gr**** prostitutes who were companions to wealthy men...
- thousand hetairas, whom both men and women had given to the goddess. Many people visited the town on account of them, and thus these hetairas contributed...
- 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;...
- "types" or aspects of the feminine psyche: the Amazon, the Mother, the Hetaira, and the Medial (or mediumistic) Woman. These four types exist on a quadrant...