FRY-nee (English); FREE-nee (Greek)
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Famous Phrynes
- Mnesarete
name of an Ancient Greek courtesan, but owing to her dark or yellowish complexion, or possibly a snub nose, she was called Phryne ("toad"). This was a nickname frequently given to other courtesans as well.
Phryne in pop culture
- Phryne Fisher
main character in "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries" by Kerry Greenwood
- Ancient Greek nickname meaning "toad"
literally "the brown animal". Phryne was a 4th,century BC hetaira or courtesan, famed for her beauty, whose stage name , like those of many hetairai , was based on a physical feature; she was called that either because of a dark complexion (*phrynos being cognate with brown) or because of a "snub nose" (phrynē "a kind of toad"). This stage name was borne by other hetairai also.
