Phryne Before the Areopagus
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Phryne Before the Areopagus (French: Phryne devant l'Areopage) is an 1861 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. The subject matter is Phryne, an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan) who was put on trial for impiety. Phryne was acquitted after her defender Hypereides removed her robe and exposed her naked bosom, "to excite the pity of her judges by the sight of her beauty."[1]
The painting was exhibited at the 1861
Kunsthalle Hamburg
in Germany.
Caricatures
Teddy Roosevelt can be seen in the front row.[3]
Another caricature followed in 1908, The High Tariff Phryne Before the Tribunal.[4]
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1884: Phryne before the Chicago Tribunal by Bernhard Gillam, Puck, v. 15, no. 378 (4 June 1884) -
1908: The High Tariff Phryne Before the Tribunal byUdo J. Keppler, Puck, v. 64, no. 1658 (9 December 1908)
References
- ^ C. D. Yonge (1854). "Athenaeus: The Deipnosophists". Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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- ^ "Phryne before the Chicago tribunal". Retrieved 2016-10-09 – via Library of Congress.
- ^ "The High Tariff Phryne Before the Tribunal". Retrieved 2019-12-23 – via Library of Congress.
External links
Media related to Phryne revealed before the Areopagus at Wikimedia Commons
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