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Example sentences for "hetaira"

Lexicographically close words:
hest; heste; hestes; het; hetaerae; hetairae; hetairai; hete; hetep; heterocercal
  1. These thoughts, he says, have been suggested to him by the life of the hetaira Thais whose body and soul are ever at variance.

  2. In 'Paphnutius' we again have the story of a penitent woman, the hetaira Thais, who lived in the 6th century, but whose conversion has little of the interest which attaches to that of Maria.

  3. Everyone recognized the beautiful hetaira as Aphrodite, and she was hailed, as with one voice, the Queen of the World.

  4. Aspasia had come from Miletus with another hetaira to Athens which her companion vacated to be bride of a Thessalian king, but where she became the wife of one beside whom mere kings were nothing.

  5. The Greek ideal of woman which the hetaira exemplified was beauty.

  6. The nun generally was emancipated from man as thoroughly as the hetaira had been from marriage.

  7. Hetaira is a term which Sappho applied to her pupils.

  8. Another famous hetaira was Leontium, who succeeded her mistress Philenis in the affections of the philosopher Epicurus.

  9. Henceforth," says the hetaira Bacchis to Myrrhina, "our profits are secured by law.

  10. The Hetaira Phryne was summoned before the judges for an offence against religion.

  11. Archidice--A celebrated Hetaira of Naukratis mentioned by Herod.

  12. The historians speak of Doricha, an hetaira mentioned by Sappho, the famous poetess, as the mistress of her brother Charaxus, who was a wine-merchant at Lesbos and travelled constantly to Naucratis.

  13. After that, what could your credulity imagine that a crafty hetaira would make you guess in her embrace?

  14. It is an interesting walk there of an evening, my lord: all the beauties of Alexandria go there; and a great nobleman like yourself need but make his choice and any hetaira in Alexandria will fall at his feet!


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