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Thespiae (/ ˈ θ ɛ s p i. iː / THESP-ee-ee; Ancient Greek: Θεσπιαί, romanized: Thespiaí) was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia. It stood on level ground commanded by the low range of hills which run eastward from the foot of Mount Helicon to Thebes, near modern Thespies.
Phryne (/ ˈ f r aɪ n i /; Ancient Greek: Φρύνη, romanized: Phrū́nē, c. 371 BC – after 316 BC) was an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan). From Thespiae in Boeotia, she was active in Athens, where she became one of the wealthiest women in Greece.
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In Greek mythology, Thespius (/ ˈ θ ɛ s p i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θέσπιος Théspios) or Thestius (/ ˈ θ ɛ s tʃ ə s, ˈ θ ɛ s t i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θέστιος) was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae, Boeotia. His life account is considered part of Greek mythology.
Thespiae was afterwards rebuilt, and is mentioned in the Roman wars in Greece. ( Plb. 27.1; Liv. 42.43 .) In the time of Strabo, Thespiae and Tanagra were the only places in Boeotia that deserved the name of cities. ( Strab. ix. p.410 .) Pliny calls Thespiae a free town ( “liberum oppidum,” 4.7. s. 12).
Thespiae. views 2,800,632 updated. Thespiae (thĕs´pē-ē´), ancient city of Greece, in S Boeotia, near Mt. Helicon (now Elikón) and SW of Thebes. The Thespians fought (479 BC) against the Persians at Thermopylae and Plataea. They joined (after 382 BC) the Spartans against their rivals, the Thebans.
Phryne. （ Φρύνη ), one of the most celebrated Athenian hetairae, was the daughter of Epicles, and a native of Thespiae in Boeotia. She was of very humble origin, and originally gained her livelihood by gathering capers; but her beauty procured for her afterwards so much wealth that she is said to have offered to rebuild the walls of ...
Sep 6, 2023 · Evangelia. September 6, 2023. Thespiae was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia in Central Greece, at the foot of Mount Helikon, the home of the Muses. MGVH, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. History of Thespiae. The city received its name from Thespia, a daughter of the river-god Asopos.
