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Nannion (circa 350 BC) was a Greek ''
hetaira Hetaira (plural hetairai (), also hetaera (plural hetaerae ), ( grc, ἑταίρα, "companion", pl. , la, hetaera, pl. ) was a type of prostitute in ancient Greece, who served as an artist, entertainer and conversationalist in addition to pro ...
''. Konstantinos Kapparis:
Prostitution in the Ancient Greek World
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She was the daughter of the hetaira Korone and the granddaughter of the hetaira Nannion the Elder. She is likely the same hetaira who is often referred to as Nannarion from that period. Nannion is mentioned in the speech ''Against Patrokles'' by
Hyperides Hypereides or Hyperides ( grc-gre, Ὑπερείδης, ''Hypereidēs''; c. 390 – 322 BC; English pronunciation with the stress variably on the penultimate or antepenultimate syllable) was an Athenian logographer (speech writer). He was one ...
, as well as by Antiphanes,
Amphis Amphis (Greek: Ἄμφις) was an Athenian comic poet of uncertain origin from approximately the 4th century BC. Pollux seems to refer to Amphis as a Middle Comedy poet, and Amphis' own repeated references to the philosopher PlatoAmphis (frr. 6; ...
and
Anaxilas Anaxilas or Anaxilaus ( grc-gre, Ἀναξίλας, Ἀναξίλαος), son of Cretines, was a tyrant of Rhegium (modern Reggio Calabria). He was originally from Messenia, a region in the Peloponnese. Life Anaxilas was master of Rhegium in 494 ...
. She was the subject of several Attic plays, among them ''Eubolos Nannion''.


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