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Phryne (Ancient Greek: Φρύνη, [a] before 370 – after 316 BC) was an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan). Born Mnesarete, she was from Thespiae in Boeotia , but seems to have lived most of her life in Athens.
Phryne Before the Areopagus (French: Phryne devant l'Areopage) is an 1861 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. The subject matter is Phryne , an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan) who was put on trial for impiety .
English: A depiction of Phryne, a famous hetaera of Ancient Greece, being disrobed before the Areopagus. Phryne was on trial for profaning the Eleusinian Mysteries, and is said to have been disrobed by Hypereides, who was defending her, when it appeared the verdict would be unfavourable. The sight of her nude body apparently so moved the judges ...
A case of this nature would instead come before the ephetai at the Delphinium. [12] Phryne, a hetaera of the 4th century BC who was famed for her beauty, appeared before the Areopagus Court accused of profaning the Eleusinian mysteries. One story has her letting her cloak drop and so impressing the judges with her almost divine form that she ...
The painting portrays the ancient Greek courtesan Phryne, who according to legend revealed her breasts before her judges to save herself from a death sentence for sacrilege. [2] [3] It depicts a naked woman standing in the middle of the painting and a bush in the background. Her left hand is raised in order to cover her face.
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