Bacchis (hetaira)
Bacchis (Greek: Βακχίς; 4th-century BC) was a Greek hetaira.[1]
She was originally the slave of the hetaira Sinope, who trained her as a hetaira. She was manumitted and eventually became the owner of the hetaira Pythionike, lover of Harpalos.
Bacchis was a famous hetaira and the object of many anecdotes. She is generally praised for her good nature and became a stereotype of a "good courtesan". She was the subject of several popular plays, among them plays by Epigenes and Sopatros of Phakos. She was also a sender and receiver of several of the fictive letters of Alciphron (which presented imagined letters between famous courtesans and their lovers).[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kapparis, Konstantinos (2017-10-23). Prostitution in the Ancient Greek World. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-055795-4.
- ^ Marshall, C. W.; Hawkins, Tom (2015-11-19). Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-8885-2.
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