hetairas

This was the evening promenade of the Alexandrians, who would pause to notice the progress of the work; off-duty soldiers of Macedon and Egypt, merchants and craftsmen from Greece and Lydia and Tyre and Cyprus and Judaea; wives and children, and hetairas looking for trade.

Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981

He had been uneasy with a harem, its claustral and stifling femininity, after the free-and-easy Greek hetairas.

Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981

Since I was a man, I'd been used to seeing men leave parties with women they had picked up there, dancers or flute-girls or hetairas.

The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

Of course all good hetairas pretend that you have pleased them; but at least I don't think she guessed I had never done it before.

The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

He had bought for each guest a night with one of the first hetairas in Athens.

The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

It did not take me long to observe that this happened in cities polite enough to have some clean amusing hetairas.

The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

It was a big one; all his best friends; also their mistresses, if they were suitable; meaning as a rule Greek hetairas of good standing.

The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

It was coming from the block where the hetairas sit; they love a good cry more than figs. But it was a few years yet before I knew enough to look for them.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

I'm about the city all day, scraping acquaintance, joining hetairas 'evening parties, talking to bathmen and barbers, to learn the temper of the people.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

Actors and hetairas, in different ways, hear about affairs if they have time to listen, and Kallippos knew it.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966