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Phila of Thebes

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Phila of Thebes (Greek: Φίλα) (fl. 300s BCE) was a hetaira in Athens.[1][2] She may have been enslaved at the Siege of Thebes in 335 BC. Originally, she was enslaved to a woman called Nicarete who purchased and trained several women to become courtesans.[1][3] Phila was eventually ransomed for a large sum (possibly 2,000 drachmas) by the famous orator Hyperides, who installed her at his house in Eleusis.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b McClure, Laura (2014-02-25). Courtesans at Table: Gender and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-79414-1.
  2. ^ Heckel, Waldemar (2020-01-29). In the Path of Conquest: Resistance to Alexander the Great. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-007669-6.
  3. ^ Tetlow, Elisabeth Meier (2005-06-24). Women, Crime and Punishment in Ancient Law and Society: Volume 2: Ancient Greece. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-1629-2.
  4. ^ Kapparis, Konstantinos (2017-10-23). Prostitution in the Ancient Greek World. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-055795-4.
  5. ^ Greek Orators. Bolchazy Carducci. 1999.
  6. ^ Harrison, Alick Robin Walsham (1971). The Law of Athens. Clarendon Press.
  • Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire by Waldemar Heckel ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9
  • The courtesan's arts by Martha Feldman, Bonnie Gordon, 2006, p. 42 ISBN 0-19-517029-6