Phryne

Translingual thumb Etymology From mul grc φρύνη toad. Proper noun 1 f mul obsolete genus family Brassicaceae the species now placed principally in Murbeckiella genus and Sisymbrium genus, and in two other genera mul obsolete mul Bufo genus. Derived terms genera of toads Andinophryne genus Blythophryne genus Crepidophryne genus Ghatophryne genus Laurentophryne genus Leptophryne genus Nannophryne genus Mertensophryne genus Nectophryne genus Osornophryne genus Pelophryne genus Peltophryne genus Phrynoidis genus Sabahphrynus genus Xanthophryne genus Related terms genera of toads Amazophrynella genus Dendrophryniscus genus Duttaphrynus genus Ingerophrynus genus Melanophryniscus genus Metaphryniscus genus Nectophrynoides genus Nimbaphrynoides genus Oreophrynella genus Poyntonophrynus genus Sclerophrys genus Sigalegalephrynus genus Vandijkophrynus genus References plant in Brassicaceae Brassicaceae Brassicaceae toads Bufo genus Bufo 1 Bufo 1 mul Taxonomic names (obsolete) Crucifers English right|thumb|Phryne before the Areopagus, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1861 thumb|right|Phryne, by Gustave Boulanger, 1850 Etymology From en grc Φρύνη, from grc φρύνη toad, a nickname often given to prostitutes of the time. Proper noun en 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. en 1797 "Anthony Pasquin" (John Williams (satirist) John Williams) The Pin-Basket to the Children of Thespis: With Notes Historical, Critical and Biographical 91 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QE4hAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA91&dq=%22Phryne%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0hwvUs2IGIqvkgXb6IGoCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Phryne%22&f=false The suffrages were recently divided between Mademoiselle Lange and Madame Tallien — the Helen and Phryne of the nation. en 1835 Selections from the Edinburgh Review http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LmU8AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA338&dq=%22Phryne%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0hwvUs2IGIqvkgXb6IGoCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Phryne%22&f=false 354 But in the first of these instances, an impediment may be supposed to be insurmountable, which Dryden has only surmounted by the substitution of matchless beauties of his own! He wins his cause, like Phryne pleading before the Areopagus. en 2010 Laura Salah Nasrallah Christian Responses to Roman Art and Architecture: The Second-Century Church Amid the Spaces of Empire 261 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=UkA3EX8WZMIC&pg=PA261&dq=%22Phryne%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zAkvUvPQCYeAkwWGnIDICg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Phryne%22&f=false The Roman-period stories that circulated about Phryne have to do with her beauty, her nudity, and her forwardness.Alciphron also crafts a letter that Phryne writes to Praxiteles; in it, Phryne toys with the theological implications of Praxiteles' use of her as a model for Aphrodite, and her statuary appearance at a sanctuary to Eros at Thespiai. Further reading en eponyms en Ancient Greece Human behaviour Individuals