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  2. Rhodopis and Euthynicus - Wikipedia

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    Rhodopis was a beautiful chaste maiden who kept her hair short and loved to hunt in the forests. Artemis, the maiden goddess of the hunt, took notice of her, and invited Rhodopis to join her in the hunt, and thus the young girl shunned marriage as well as all kinds of romantic love.

  3. Rhodopis (hetaera) - Wikipedia

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    Rhodopis or Rodopis (Greek: Ῥοδῶπις), real name possibly Doricha (Δωρίχα), was a celebrated 6th-century BCE hetaera, of Thracian origin. [1] She is one of only two hetaerae mentioned by name in Herodotus ' discussion of the profession (the other is the somewhat later Archidike ).

  4. Rhodopis - Wikipedia

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    "Rhodopis" (Ancient Greek: Ῥοδῶπις, romanized: Rhodôpis, lit. 'rosy-faced'; Ancient Greek pronunciation: [r̥odɔ̂ːpis] ) is an ancient tale about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt .

  5. Cinderella - Wikipedia

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    "Cinderella", [a] or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world. [2] [3] The protagonist is a young girl living in forsaken circumstances who is suddenly blessed by remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage.

  6. Oasis hummingbird - Wikipedia

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    The oasis hummingbird is 11 to 13.5 cm (4.3 to 5.3 in) long and weighs about 4 g (0.14 oz). Both sexes have a long, black, decurved bill. The nominate subspecies is larger and has a longer and stouter bill than the other two, but the three are otherwise alike.

  7. Rhodopis (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Rhodopis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species native to the West Indies. [1] The genus belongs to the tribe ...

  8. Rhodope (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Rhodope (Ancient Greek: Ῥοδόπη) may refer to two different characters: . Rhodope, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.

  9. One Thousand and One Nights - Wikipedia

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    Several different variants of the "Cinderella" story, which has its origins in the ancient Greek story of Rhodopis, appear in the One Thousand and One Nights, including "The Second Shaykh's Story", "The Eldest Lady's Tale" and "Abdallah ibn Fadil and His Brothers", all dealing with the theme of a younger sibling harassed by two jealous elders ...