Phryne

Explicit

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,