biography
pronunciation:
[friynee]
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| female
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| lived:
| (4th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Greek courtesan of antiquity, who reputedly was Praxiteles' model for his statue of Aphrodite. Accused of profaning the Eleusinian Mysteries, she was defended by the orator Hyperides, who threw off her robe, showing her loveliness, and so gained the verdict. |
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