Corinna
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| - | :''[[prostitution in ancient Greece]], [[Sapphic dialogue]]'' | ||
| - | [[Lucian]]'s '''''Dialogues of the Heterae''''' (also known as '''Mimes of the Courtesans''', '''Hetairikoi Dialogoi''' and '''Dialogue of the Courtesans''') is a series fifteen brief prose dialogues of courtesans with friends clients and other [[courtesan]]s. | ||
| - | They predate the [[whore dialogue]]s of [[Renaissance literature]] by centuries. In its current edition, they have been collected in Penguin's ''Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches'', which also features his ''[[True Histories]]''. | + | '''Corinna''' (or Korinna) was an [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] [[poet]], traditionally attributed to the 6th century BC. According to ancient sources such as [[Plutarch]] and [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], she came from [[Tanagra]] in [[Boeotia]], where she a teacher and rival to the better-known [[Thebes (Greece)|Theban]] poet [[Pindar]]. Although two of her poems survive in [[epitome]], most of her work is preserved in 2nd century BC papyrus fragments. |
| - | The most famous dialogue is that of [[Corinna]], a little girl and Crobyle, her mother: | + | ==See also== |
| - | + | *[[Corina]] | |
| - | :"Well, Corinna, you see now that it wasn't so terrible to lose your virginity. You have spent your first night with a man. You have earned your first gift, no less than a hundred drachmas. With that I'll buy you a necklace." | + | |
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| - | *[[Whore dialogue]] | + | |
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Corinna (or Korinna) was an Ancient Greek poet, traditionally attributed to the 6th century BC. According to ancient sources such as Plutarch and Pausanias, she came from Tanagra in Boeotia, where she a teacher and rival to the better-known Theban poet Pindar. Although two of her poems survive in epitome, most of her work is preserved in 2nd century BC papyrus fragments.
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