Archidike
Famous hetaera
About Archidike
Archidike was a hetaera.
Archidike (also transliterated Archidice, ) was a celebrated hetaera of Naucratis in Egypt. Her fame spread throughout Greece, and was recorded by Herodotus (ii. 136) and Claudius Aelianus (Varia Historia, xii. 63). Herodotus claims that Archidike "became a notorious subject of song throughout Greece", and she is one of only two hetaera mentioned by name in his discussion of the occupation (the other was Rhodopis).
She was reputed to be arrogant and avaricious,
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