Question

These women were often atypically well-educated since they were expected to serve as interesting conversational, as well as sexual, partners, although some historians dispute that they were even sex workers. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these high-ranking ancient Greek courtesans often contrasted with pornai. One of these women, Phryne, was legendarily acquitted of impiety after exposing herself to an Athenian jury.
ANSWER: hetairai [prompt on companion]
[10e] Aspasia of Miletus, the partner of this politician, is thought to have been a hetaira. This statesman led Athens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War and delivered a funeral oration recorded by Thucydides.
ANSWER: Pericles
[10m] Unlike other women, hetairai were allowed to participate in these social events. Agathon hosted a notable one of these events that was interrupted by a drunken Alcibiades.
ANSWER: symposiums [or sympósion or symposio or symposia; prompt on dinners or banquets or feasts]
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