hetairae

Geological Society, had spoken of] "those final causes, which have been named barren virgins, but which might be more fitly termed the hetairae of philosophy, so constantly have they led men astray" [(ib.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Faun instinct with the animality of his species, unconsciously joyous and dancing with all his might; and finally, the "Venus de Medici," a slender young girl with a small delicate head, not a goddess like her sister of Milo, but a perfect mortal and the work of some Praxiteles fond of "hetairae," at ease in a nude state and free from that somewhat mawkish delicacy and bashful coquetry which its copies, and the restored arms with their thin fingers by Bernini, seem to impose on her.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Various 1885

[26] High sounding titles given to the _great hetairae_.

The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)

Kivi, the _kava_ drinker with the _hetairae_ of the valley

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

[Illustration: Kivi, the _kava_ drinker with the _hetairae_ of the valley] [Illustration: A pool in the jungle]

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

And while others have had to play goodness knows what -- mediaeval Italian princesses, Cockney cabmen, old Greek hetairae, German cuirassiers,

Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895

These ladies were types of the class with which, probably, he was most familiar, those brilliant and accomplished _hetairae_, generally Greeks, who were trained up in slavery with every art and accomplishment which could heighten their beauty or lend a charm to their society.

Horace Theodore Martin 1862

She belonged to the class of hetairae, but seems to have preferred him, from a genuine feeling of affection, to her wealthier lovers.

Horace Theodore Martin 1862