Rhodopis

Role: courtesan · First appears: Book 2 · §130–136

Life events

Charaxos redeemed Rhodopis from slavery, setting her free.(Book 2 · §130–136 · 📍 Egypt)
- With: Charaxos
- “As for Rhodopis, she came to Egypt brought by Xanthes the Samian, and having come thither to exercise her calling she was redeemed from slavery for a great sum by a man of Mytilene, Charaxos son of Scamandronymos and brother of Sappho the lyric poet. Thus was Rhodopis set free”

employer: Iadmon (Iadmon enslaved Rhodopis.) “By descent she was of Thrace, and she was a slave of Iadmon the son of Hephaistopolis a Samian, and a fellow-slave of Esop the maker of fables;”
with Xanthes (Xanthes brought Rhodopis to Egypt.) “As for Rhodopis, she came to Egypt brought by Xanthes the Samian, and having come thither to exercise her calling she was redeemed from slavery for a great sum by a man of Mytilene, Charaxos son of Scamandronymos and brother of Sappho the lyric poet.”
with Charaxos (Charaxos redeemed Rhodopis from slavery.) “As for Rhodopis, she came to Egypt brought by Xanthes the Samian, and having come thither to exercise her calling she was redeemed from slavery for a great sum by a man of Mytilene, Charaxos son of Scamandronymos and brother of Sappho the lyric poet.”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.