Phila of Thebes

Phila of Thebes (Greek: Φίλα) was a courtesan in antiquity. She was enslaved at the Siege of Thebes in 335 BC and ransomed by rhetor Hyperides, who installed her at his house in Eleusis.

References

Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire by Waldemar Heckel ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9
The courtesan's arts by Martha Feldman, Bonnie Gordon, 2006, p. 42 ISBN 0-19-517029-6

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