Phryne : nickname of Athenian courtesan Muesarete charged with impiety. She was defended by Hyperides, one of her lovers who secured her acquittal by appealing to the views of the jury, throwing open her dress & showing the beauty of her bosom.
... proverb for their vileness of morals. Many of them, no doubt, as will inevitably happen when the restraints of society are not recognized, led loose, immoral & sensual lives; in such a class Lais & Phryne must be as common as Aspasia. Nevertheless the higher & intellectual element seems to have prevailed; those who arrogated freedom in their sexual relations but were not prostitutes, are admirably portrayed ...
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