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hetaira (/hɪˈtaɪrə/;
Ancient Gr****: ἑταίρα, lit. 'companion'; pl.. ἑταῖραι
hetairai, /hɪˈtaɪraɪ/),
Latinized as
hetaera (/hɪˈtɪrə/ pl.
hetaerae /hɪˈtɪriː/)...
- who had a re****tion for ****ociating with
hetairai. Six of the
speeches attributed to him
relate to
hetairai, and in a
surviving fragment of his defense...
- both free-born
voluntary prostitutes,
including the high
social status hetairai, as well as
involuntary slave prostitutes. Male
prostitutes also existed...
- on an
Attic red-figure
psykter by Euphronios,
depicting four
hetairai. One of the
hetairai on the vase, Smikra, is
swinging her cup, as a
kottabos player...
- to her occupation.
Rooted in
ancient traditions, from the
sympathetic hetairai of Gr****
comedy to the
revered courtesan Vasantasena in India’s Mṛcchakatika...
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Gnathaena (Ancient Gr****: Γνάθαινα) was an
Athenian hetaira (plural:
hetairai), a
class of
ancient Gr****
prostitutes who were
companions to
wealthy men...
- (cheap
street prostitutes typically owned as
slaves by
wealthy pimps) to
hetairai (expensive, well-educated
hired companions, who were
usually self-emplo****...
- Pandemos,
either because her
image stood in the agora, or
because the
hetairai had to pay the
costs of its erection. The
worship of
Aphrodite Pandemos...
- 2023. Schlesier,
Renate (December 1, 2013). "Atthis, Gyrinno, and
Other Hetairai:
Female Personal Names in Sappho's Poetry". Philologus. 157 (2): 199–222...
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Hetairai are
described as
providing "flattering and
skillful conversation" in Athenaeus' Deipnosophistai.
classical literature describes hetairai as...
