Phryne
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Today's episode focuses on Phryne of Ancient Greece (from Thespian, Boeotia) and one of the most prominent courtesans/hetaira of Ancient Greece during the 4th Century BCE.
Sources:
Natalie Haynes, "The It Girl of Ancient Greece"
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20171108-the-it-girl-of-ancient-greece
Plutarch, Parallel Lives, https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0248%3Asection%3D15
Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phryne
This show is written, recorded, and produced by me, Adrienne.
Podcast show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters. Episode artwork - Bathsheba at her Bath by Rembrandt (1654)
Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)
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