Phila of Thebes (

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: Φίλα) was a courtesan in antiquity. She was enslaved at the Siege of Thebes in 335 BC and ransomed by rhetor

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, who installed her at his house in

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References

*''Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire'' by Waldemar Heckel *''The courtesan's arts'' by Martha Feldman, Bonnie Gordon, 2006, p. 42 Ancient Thebans Hetairai 4th-century BC Greek women Ancient Greek slaves and freedmen {{AncientGreece-bio-stub