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	Phryne - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		PHRYNE, Greek courtesan, lived in the 4th century B.C. Her real name was Mnesarete, but owing to her complexion she was called Phryne (toad), a name given to other courtesans.
		She acquired so much wealth by her extraordinary beauty that she offered to rebuild the walls of Thebes, which had been destroyed by Alexander the Great (336), on condition that the words "Destroyed by Alexander, restored by Phryne the courtesan," were inscribed upon them.
		A statue of Phryne, the work of Praxiteles, was placed in a temple at Thespiae by the side of a statue of Aphrodite by the same artist.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Phryne (276 words)

	Phryne
		Phryne at the Festival of Poseidon in Eleusin.
		So a slave of Phryne rushed in saying that a fire had broken out in the studio of Praxiteles, and the greater number of his works were lost, though not all were destroyed.
		Phryne was a famous hetaera of Ancient Greece (390-330 BC) who adjusted her prices for customers depending upon how she felt about them.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/Phryne.html (468 words)

	Murder in Montparnasse: A Phryne Fisher Mystery - smh.com.au
		Her Phryne Fisher stories not only pay homage to the golden age of the detective novel by reviving the locked-room mystery and featuring the country-house murder, they also rank with its classics.
		Because Phryne does her detecting in the Melbourne and Sydney of 80 years ago rather than in yet another variation of those ubiquitous mean streets, literary critics and crime buffs tend to dismiss her and her adventures.
		After the horrors of serving as an ambulance driver on the battlefields of France, Phryne responds to being taken care of by a kindly hotel concierge like a baby blissfully back at her mother's breast.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/19/1026898907924.html (648 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 358 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		PHRYNE («f>pi/V77), one of the most celebrated Athenian hetairae, was the daughter of Epicles, and a native of Thespiae in Boeotia.
		The orator Hyperides was one of her lovers, and he defended her when she was accused by Euthias on one occasion of some capital charge ; but when the eloquence of her advocate foiled to move the judges, he bade her uncover her breast, and thus ensured her acquittal.
		The celebrated Cnidian Venus of Praxiteles, who was one of her lovers, was taken from her [praxiteles], and he expressed his love for her in an epigram which he inscribed on the base of a statue of Cupid, which he gave to her, and which she dedicated at Thespiae.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2692.html (835 words)

	Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the fourth century, Phryne, the Athenian mistress of the sculptor Praxiteles, was represented by a gilded bronze portrait statue displayed atop a column of Pentelic marble.
		Phryne's portrait can best be understood within the context of the fourth–century practice of erecting honorific portraits of living subjects in public places, chiefly sanctuaries and agoras.
		Phryne's statue at Delphi thus inaugurates a period apparently marked by far more grandiose public monuments dedicated by and in honor of prostitutes and helps to illuminate their ancestry within the traditions of Greek votive religion.
	classics.lss.wisc.edu /prostitution/keesling.html (613 words)

	Phryne Fisher.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Phryne Fisher has plans for her Sydney sojourn - a few days at the Test cricket, a little sightseeing and the Artist's Ball with an up-and-coming young modernist.
		And Phryne is definitely not the woman to say 'no' when two delightful young men come to her on bended knees, begging for her help in finding their friend innocent of theft.
		It all sounds simple enough as Phryne sets investigations into motion, but when greed and fear are the motivating factors, people become ruthless and Phryne finds herself enmeshed in flmail, secrets, lies and the dangerous influences of deep magic.
	www.allenandunwin.com /phryne/product.asp?ISBN=9781741140958 (253 words)

	Dr. Weevil: Bloomberg and Phryne
		Along with Lais and Thais, Phryne was one of the greatest hetaerae, or courtesans, of ancient Greece.
		The National Press Club used to have a painting of Phryne hanging on their wall, but it was removed under pressure from a few women members in May, 1998.
		See this NPC page (about a third of the way down) for a reproduction of a photograph of a man holding a photograph of the painting.
	www.doctorweevil.org /archives/000010.html (210 words)

	Murder in Montparnasse By Kerry Greenwood
		Since the chef is much older than his fiancée, Phryne wonders if the young lady is reluctant to marry and ran off.
		Phryne wants to protect her friends and promises to look in to it.
		Phryne comes across as a vain, high maintenance, 1920s Greenwich Village, eccentric-type character, which usually means reading all about her and not much about the mystery.
	www.myshelf.com /mystery/04/murderinmontparnasse.htm (298 words)

	Murder in Montparnasse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Phryne's detective talents are in demand, as she has to take on both a murder mystery and a kidnapping.
		Phryne finds that her memory of her past is more intertwined within the mysteries than she initially thought.
		Phryne Fisher is a memorable woman who is as fast at her one liners as falling in love.
	www.theblurb.com.au /Issue20/Montparnasse.htm (547 words)

	Hooker Heroes: The Hetairae of Ancient Greece
		Phryne's friend Bacchis was at the height of her fame and charms when she heard the orator Hyperides speak.
		When Phryne was tried for "impiety" for impersonating Aphrodite in the nude during public festivals, Bacchis and the auletride Myrrhina convinced Hyperides to defend her.
		Hyperides was clearly losing the case when, in desperation, he tore open Phryne's clothing to reveal her breasts to the judges.
	wondersmith.com /heroes/hetairae.htm (913 words)

	PHRYNE - LoveToKnow Article on PHRYNE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She acquired so much wealth by her extraordinary beauty that she offered to rebuild the walls of Thebes, which had been destroyed by Alexander the Great (336), Oh condition that the words Destroyed by Alexander, restored by Phryne the courtesan, were inscribed upon them.
		She is said to have made an attempt on the virtue of the philosopher Xenocrates.
		A statue of Phryne, the work of Praxiteles, was placed in a temple at Thespiae by the side of a statue of Aphrodite by the same artist.
	8.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PH/PHRYNE.htm (269 words)

	www.reviewingtheevidence.com \| MURDER IN MONTPARNASSE, by Kerry Greenwood
		Phryne Fisher is an adventuresome heroine who is very much out of her time period with her independence and her attitude toward life.
		At this same time, Phryne is approached by five men who had fought in World War I together and two of their previous companions have died in unusual accidents.
		Phryne's hostility toward Rene Dupont is obvious and somehow all of this will beautifully blend into a harmonious plot.
	www.reviewingtheevidence.com /review.html?id=4147 (448 words)

	Book Review: The Green Mill Murder, by Kerry Greenwood
		Phryne Fisher is at the scene of the murder and, of course, decides she will solve it, especially when her dance partner, Charles Freeman, disappears from the scene.
		Phryne, however, delights in a good mystery and will pursue it relentlessly until it is solved.
		Phryne Fisher is a woman before her time in 1920s Melbourne, with tastes and attitudes that shock some of her more conservative peers, but the money and class to get away with them.
	www.aussiereviews.com /article1772.html (357 words)

	Phryne Fisher.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Phryne Fisher returns in her fourth magical mystery amidst bullets, sexy ex-anarchists, furs, tattooists and silken lingerie.
		The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, beautifully dressed in loose trousers, a cream silk shirt and a red-fox fur has just had her windscreen shot out inches in front of her divine nose.
		Previous novels in the Phryne Fisher series are Cocaine Blues, Flying too High, Murder on the Ballarat Train, Blood and Circuses, The Green Mill Murder, Ruddy Gore, Urn Burial, Raisins and Almonds, Death Before Wicket, Away with the Fairies, Murder in Montparnasse, The Castlemaine Murders and Queen of the Flowers.
	www.allenandunwin.com /phryne/product.asp?ISBN=9781741145564 (363 words)

	R A I N T A X I o n l i n e Spring 2005 - The Phryne Fisher Mysteries by Kerry Greenwood
		Phryne and her cast of merry companions live an improbably happy life in Melbourne, despite the Second World War approaching rapidly.
		Phryne, a British expatriate, has a noble yet dysfunctional family back home in England, a storied history of decadence in Paris, and seemingly unlimited wealth.
		In Phryne's case, she embodies many of the adventurer's superhuman qualities; her friends and servants are fiercely loyal but also eccentric; she is their lodestar and voice of reason.
	www.raintaxi.com /online/2005spring/fisher.shtml (1119 words)

	Praxiteles Aphrodite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Phryne once asked of him the most beautiful of his works, and the story goes that lover-like he agreed to give it, but refused to say which he thought the most beautiful.
		So a slave of Phryne rushed in saying that a fire had broken out in the studio of Praxiteles, and the greater number of his works were lost, thought not all were destroyed.
		But Phryne bade him stay and be of good courage, for he had suffered no grievous loss, but had been trapped into confessing which were the most beautiful of his works.
	itsa.ucsf.edu /~snlrc/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/aphrodite.html (1203 words)

	Amazon.com: Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher Mysteries (Hardcover)): Books: Kerry Greenwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The glamorous, indestructible Australian flapper Phryne Fisher avenges the death of a young man who dies in her arms after she and her car are shot at by two men.
		Although Phryne and members of her household are in danger from anarchists, they manage to foil a bank robbery while also solving the case of a missing young girl.
		Phryne tells him that the man had a gold earring and a tattoo of the letter A. After the Constable leaves, Phryne has a meeting with Mr.
	www.amazon.com /Victoria-Phryne-Fisher-Mysteries-Hardcover/dp/1590582381 (1581 words)

	A Phryne time to curl up with some classy cozies - theage.com.au
		In a previous outing, Phryne travelled to Sydney, relinquishing for a moment her unwieldy household of waifs, strays and domestics.
		Like those lucky enough to recall their past lives, Phryne was central to the action of Paris in 1918.
		Not only was she an heroic ambulance driver, but she also met Picasso (he drew her a cat), and Gertrude Stein (although Phryne preferred conferring with Alice in the kitchen).
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/06/22/1023864514269.html (673 words)

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		Phryne was born Muesarete, but later achieved the nickname "toad" because of her wan complexion.
		The statue brought accusations of blasphemy, but it was not until later, on charges of corruption, that Phryne was brought to court.
		Phryne also knew the value of art: on one occasion, lover Praxiteles told her she could choose from among his works as a gift.
	www.tempestdesigns.com /courtesan/beauty2.htm (561 words)

	Van Gogh Museum: Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Her name can be found on the green pillow to her left: Phryne.
		Phryne was a true femme fatale and the painter, Gustave Boulanger, sought to express this in her seductive pose.
		She was his model for a famous statue of the Greek goddess of love, the Knidian Aphrodite.
	www.vangoghmuseum.nl /collection/catalog/vgmpainting.asp?ARTID=89&LANGID=0 (295 words)

	MURDER IN MONTPARNASSE by Kerry Greenwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Phryne's old friends, Bert and Cec are waiting as she returns home because they need her help.
		Phryne realizes as she investigates that she also was in Montparnasse on the same day that the group of seven soldiers witnessed a murder.
		Another focus of the story is the upcoming nuptials of Phryne's lover, Lin Chung and the havoc it is wreaking with her life.
	www.murderexpress.net /reviews/murderinmontparnasse.htm (226 words)

	Books : Ruddy Gore (Phryne Fisher Mystery)
		Phryne Fisher, one of the most delightful sleuths you will meet, is on her way to a gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore when she meets some thugs in a dark alley and not only manages to handle them nicely but does it without ruining her silver gown.
		Set in the 1920's, Phryne Fisher is an independent, unconventional young woman who is also very practical and unflappable in the face of danger.
		I love the atmosphere of the Phryne Fisher books, I've been to Melbourne and many of the places she writes about are still there and the books have added much magic to my travelling.
	www.cosyreading.info /1590581180/Ruddy_Gore_Phryne_Fisher_Mystery.shtml (1281 words)

	Kerry Greenwood - Death Before Wicket & Urn Burial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		However these plans begin to go awry when Phryne's maid discovers that her sister has gone missing and seems to have become involved with the seedy nightlife of the Cross.
		Phryne, being the strong character that she is, does not shy away from this challenge, and of course does not let it ruin her holiday.
		Phryne certainly may be in the 20's but she is a modern women who can fight with the grace of a cat and is not afraid to say no or in some cases, yes.
	www.theblurb.com.au /Issue32/PhryneFisher.htm (822 words)

	Reader Views - Book reviews, by readers, for readers
		Phryne Fisher and her maid and companion Dot are on the train to Ballarat.
		Phryne had been dozing when she smelled chloroform.
		Phryne's adventures are pieced together with small clues that all add up in the end.
	www.readerviews.com /ReviewGreenwoodMurderBallartTrain.html (420 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Phryne Fisher is bored with the social round and all her favourite people are out of town.
		In Phryne's third adventure, Phryne is off to Ballarat for a week of fabulousness, but the sedate journey by train turns out to be far from the rest...
		Phryne Fisher has plans for her Sydney trip: a few days at the Test cricket, dinner with the Vice Chancellor at the University, a little sightse...
	www.dymocks.com.au /Search/Search.asp?Author=Kerry%20Greenwood (292 words)

	The Best Reviews: Kerry Greenwood, Away with the Fairies Review
		Searching for the murderer of a famous author, sexy, sassy Phryne goes undercover-and is up to her ears in fashion gossip and office politics....
		Phryne Fisher is asked to investigate the puzzling death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories.
		But while Phryne is learning the ins and outs of magazine publishing first hand, her personal life is thrown into chaos.
	www.thebestreviews.com /book11962 (406 words)

	Abbeys Bookshop - Death by Water (Phryne Fisher #15)
		A succession of jewellery thefts from first class passengers is hardly the best advertisement for their cruise liners, particularly when it is likely that it is a passenger who is doing the stealing.
		Phryne Fisher, with her Lulu bob, green eyes, Cupid's bow lips and Chanel travelling suits, is exactly the sort of elegant sleuth to take on a ring of jewellery thieves aboard the high seas - or at least, aboard the SS Hinemoa on a luxury cruise to New Zealand.
		Phryne Fisher - with her Lulu bob, green eyes, Cupid.s bow lips and Chanel travelling suits - is exactly the sort of elegant sleuth to take on a string of jewel thieves on the high seas, or at least aboard the SS Hinemoa on a luxury cruise to New Zealand.
	www.abbeys.com.au /items.asp?id=315102 (426 words)

	Phryne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I doubt even Phryne ever got to know him, though his picture, at least, was always in its place over the hearth, hitched to an asparagus fern.
		Then Phryne would gather her skirt to her thighs and wade in the ice-cold water until her feet turned purple.
		Phryne kept finding excuses for Gondos to take my turn, so what if she called him Liambis when she got mad at him - from Limbohovo, the town in Albania his grandfather supposedly came from, many years before.
	www.smith.edu /metamorphoses/fall2002/phryne.htm (1907 words)

	Boomerang Books, Cheap Discount Online Bookstore Australia
		The utterly delightful Phryne Fisher makes her very welcome appearance as St Kilda's Queen of the Flowers.
		This is the fourteenth seductive installment in the classic Phryne Fisher whodunnit series.
		Phryne needs a new dress and a swimming costume but she also needs a lot of courage to confront her problems: a missing daughter, the return of an old lover, and a young woman found drowned at the beach at Elwood.
	books.boomerangbooks.com /featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=boomerang&bookid=1741142466&db=au (162 words)

	Murder in Montparnasse: A Phryne Fisher Mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		They were part of this group of soldiers in 1918 and they fear for their lives and for those of the other three men.
		It's only as Phryne delves into the investigation that she, too, remembers being in Montparnasse on that very same day.
		While Phryne is occupied with memories of Montparnasse past and the race to outpace the murderer, she finds troubles of a different kind at home.
	www.bookworm.com.au /shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=17796 (176 words)

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