Philinna

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For the male name, see Philinus

Philinna (Φίλιννα) or Philine (Φιλίνη) was the name of many Greek females, as, for instance, of the female dancer of Philinna of Larissa in Thessaly, who was the mother of Philip III Arrhidaeus by Philip II. ) It was also the name of the mother of the poet Theocritus (Ep. 3).

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• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
• Athenaeus. xiii. p. 557, e ; Photius. Bibl. p. 64. 23.