Philinna
Philinna (Greek: Φίλιννα) or Philine (Greek: Φιλίνη) was the name of many Greek women. The dancer Philinna of Larissa in Thessaly, was the mother of Philip III Arrhidaeus by Philip II. A first-century-BC papyrus fragment, the Philinna Papyrus, preserves a spell to cure headaches attributed to one Philinna the Thessalian. It was also the name of the mother of the poet Theocritus (Ep.
Philinna
- Born
- 400 · Larissa.
- Died
- 400
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Philinna (Greek: Φίλιννα) or Philine (Greek: Φιλίνη) was the name of many Greek women. The dancer Philinna of Larissa in Thessaly, was the mother of Philip III Arrhidaeus by Philip II. A first-century-BC papyrus fragment, the Philinna Papyrus, preserves a spell to cure headaches attributed to one Philinna the Thessalian. It was also the name of the mother of the poet Theocritus (Ep.
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The name occurs in Aristophanes' drama The Clouds. In the eighteenth century Goethe used it for a character in his novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.
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400
Philinna born at Larissa.
400
Philinna died.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q458602: Philinna
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- “Philinna”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 102402612, Philinna, Poeta.
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Epitaph of Philinna, 4th cent
Gravestone of Philinna, 4th cent
Grave lekythos of Philinna, ca
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 102402612, Philinna, Poeta.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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