Word: hetairai
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...bars at intimate little tables, danced or made music on ivory flutes for all who could pay the cover charge. These young women of Corinth were famous all over the classical world for their beauty and talent. They were not mere prostitutes, Professor Broneer says firmly. They were "Hetairai"-more like Japanese Geishas, trained in the arts and sciences, skilled in conversation. But the professor admits that from some of the taverns, staircases led to small rooms on the second floor of the building...
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