Phryne (/ˈfraɪni/; Ancient Greek: Φρύνη, romanized: Phrū́nē, c. 371 BC – after 316 BC) was an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan). Born Mnesarete, she was...
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Honourable Phryne Fisher (/ˈfraɪni/ FRY-nee), often called "Miss Fisher", is the main character in Australian author Kerry Greenwood's series of Phryne Fisher...
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kidnapping and death of Phryne's younger sister Janey when they were children watching a circus, a crime that still haunts Phryne, who feels she should...
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Look up Phryne in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Phryne was a famous courtesan of Ancient Greece. Sometimes also Phryné in English. Phryne may also refer...
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Phryne Before the Areopagus (French: Phryne devant l'Areopage) is an 1861 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. The subject matter is Phryne...
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Phryne at the Festival of Poseidon in Eleusis or Phryne at the Poseidonia in Eleusis (Russian: Фри́на на пра́зднике Посейдо́на в Элевзи́не) is a very...
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Davis is an Australian actress and singer, best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and its film adaptation, Miss Fisher...
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mankind's stability and prosperity. One day, Clain meets a fleeing girl called Phryne, who disappears during the night leaving a pendant. When he is able to activate...
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1291 Phryne, provisional designation 1933 RA, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 27 kilometers in diameter...
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Sol Phryne was a ferry of Sol Maritime Services Ltd. She was bought by the Palestine Liberation Organisation and sunk on 16 February 1988. Sol Phryne was...
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Triphysa phryne (Siberian brown) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Ukraine to the Altai. The habitat consists of steppe...
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notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular television series Miss Fisher's...
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starring Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher. It is based on the Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries television series and the series of Phryne Fisher novels written...
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Agathotoma phryne is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter...
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professional life of Peregrine Fisher, daughter of Phryne’s half sister Annabelle (a result of an affair that Phryne’s father had), who inherits a fortune when...
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Lassus, based on the life of ancient Greek courtesane Phryne. Phryné (soprano) Lampito, esclave de Phryné (soprano) Dicéphile, archonte (bass) Nicias, neveu...
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of Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates by Constable and Robinson Crime. It is the first novel featuring Phryne Fisher. After the Honourable Phryne Fisher solves...
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SS Phryné was a French cargo ship that hit a mine laid by U-13 in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) off the Aldeburgh Lightship, while she was...
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created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger. The series is based on Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery novels. It premiered on ABC, a public television network...
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favorite summer drink for lead character Phryne Fisher in multiple novels by Kerry Greenwood in her series "Phryne Fisher Mysteries," which are set in late...
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Phryne (Polish: Fryne) is an 1867 oil on canvas painting by Artur Grottger, now in the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, Poland. The painting portrays the...
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Tamolanica phryne is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. "Hierodula immaculifemorata". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-24. Patel, Shveta; Singh...
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interpretation of the hetaira: Jean-Léon Gérôme's painting Phryne Before the Areopagus depicts the hetaira Phryne on trial. The sight of her nude body, according...
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"Where There's a Well, There's a Way". In the Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood, the detective Hon. Phryne Fisher resides at 221 The Esplanade, St Kilda...
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Australia by McPhee Gribble. It is the fourth novel featuring Phryne Fisher. The Honourable Phryne Fisher is on her way home, driving past Victoria Docks in...
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Cepora nerissa (redirect from Cepora nerissa phryne)
n. nerissa (Fabricius, 1775) (northern Vietnam, southern China) C. n. phryne (Fabricius, 1775) (northern India to western Burma) C. n. physkon (Fruhstorfer...
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fictional detective Miss Phryne Fisher. Flying Too High, set in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920s, features fictional detective Phryne Fisher as she attempts...
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Online. Retrieved 4 August 2020. ""Francis Bernard Dicksee (1853–1928)" Phryne". Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. "List of Members", Catalogue...
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on Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher historical mysteries. Dorothy is "a conservative working-class Catholic" who becomes Phryne's assistant and companion...
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Étienne Marcel (1879) Henry VIII (1883) Proserpine (1887) Ascanio (1890) Phryné (1893) Frédégonde (1895) Les barbares (1901) Hélène (1904) L'ancêtre (1905)...
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