Phryne
Role: woman associated with Praxiteles · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 20
In Book 1, Chapter 20, Phryne asked Praxiteles which of his works was finest. He offered to give her his finest work “like a lover,” but would not name it. After tricking him into revealing his choice, she bade him stay and be of good cheer, then selected the Cupid.
In Book 10, Chapter 15, Phryne offered a gilt statue of herself made by Praxiteles, described as one of her lovers.
Relationship record
Life events
- Phryne selected Cupid as Praxiteles’ finest work after tricking him into revealing it.(Book 1 · Chapter 20)
- With: Praxiteles Cupid
- “She then selected the Cupid.”
- Phryne offered a gilt statue made by Praxiteles.(Book 10 · Chapter 15)
- With: Praxiteles
- “The gilt statue of Phryne here was made by Praxiteles, one of her lovers, and was an offering of Phryne herself.”
Book 1 · Chapter 20
- with Praxiteles (Praxiteles offered Phryne one of his works in the manner of a lover.) “they say that he offered to give it her like a lover, but would not say which he thought his finest work”
- with Praxiteles (Phryne deceived Praxiteles to discover which works he considered finest.) “Phryne then bade him stay and be of good cheer, for he had suffered no such loss, but it was only her artifice to make him confess which were his finest works.”
- courtship with Praxiteles “when Phryne once asked which was the finest of his works, they say that he offered to give it her like a lover, but would not say which he thought his finest work.”
Book 9 · Chapter 27
- with Praxiteles (interaction) “I have told elsewhere all about Phryne’s ingenious trick on Praxiteles.”
- with Praxiteles (interaction) “There are also statues in stone by Praxiteles of Aphrodite and Phryne.”
Book 10 · Chapter 15
- courtship with Praxiteles “The gilt statue of Phryne here was made by Praxiteles, one of her lovers, and was an offering of Phryne herself.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.