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Courtesan of ancient Attica
Answer for the clue "Courtesan of ancient Attica ", 7 letters:
hetaera
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Word definitions for hetaera in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1820, "mistress," from Medieval Latin hetaera , from Greek hetaira "female companion," in Athens opposed to "lawful wife," and thus embracing everything from "concubine" to "courtesan;" fem. of hetairos "comrade, companion," from PIE *swet-aro- , suffixed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hetaera \He*t[ae]"ra\, Hetaira \He*tai"ra\, n.; pl. -r[ae] . [NL. See Hetairism .] (Gr. Antiq.) A female paramour; a mistress, concubine, or harlot. -- He*t[ae]"ric , He*tai"ric , a.
Usage examples of hetaera.
When we get back home, I'll introduce you to a hetaera called Kalleos.
As Hypereides spoke of the hetaera, he came leaping back to squat before us, pointing with his chin to the ships and the sparkling sea and making many little marks in the sand with his fingers.
He traded him to a hetaera for a series of dinners—mostly, I think, to keep him away from the fighting.
A great hetaera never proposes a contract and usually won't listen if a man is bold enough to propose one himself.
You see, a friend of mine, wife of another friend and they were both close to me-as a special gift she introduced me to another hetaera, a great beauty, and arranged for me a holiday with her-paid for by my friends.
I suspect that any high-priced hetaera in New Rome is as skilled as any famous courtesan in history.
A great hetaera never proposes a contract and usually won’t listen if a man is bold enough to propose one himself.
You see, a friend of mine, wife of another friend and they were both close to me—as a special gift she introduced me to another hetaera, a great beauty, and arranged for me a holiday with her—paid for by my friends.
Actually, that woman could be a great hetaera, if she had what it takes, which I don't for one moment suppose she has.
But some of the most celebrated hetaerae in New Rome volunteered their services in exchange for transportation and the privilege of attending this convention.
Since there would be many women in the Last Judgment they had female models, the women from the baths, the bordellos, some of the more expensive hetaerae who posed in the nude for the adventure.
The cool fern arches I had seen there were absent here, but fleshy-fingered vines clung to the great mahoganies and rain-trees like hetaerae, turning their long limbs to clouds of floating green and lowering rich curtains spangled with flowers.