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What does Phryne mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (historical) An Ancient Greek courtesan of the 4th century BC, reputedly the model for Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Cnidus and famously tried for the capital charge of impiety, during which trial she allegedly bared her breasts before the judges.
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Then phryne told him of her trick, and chose the Cupid, or Eros, for her gift.
Phryne served as a model to Praxiteles, for his Venus of Cnidus.
You're a wicked girl, Vivia, if you are as beautiful as phryne!
Of the three others, less known, the Thespian was placed next to the statue of phryne, as contrasting divine with human beauty.
The Athenian judges acquitted phryne because she was beautiful.
The statue gives us some idea of the superlative beauty of phryne.

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