Rhodopis

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Rhodopis (Ῥοδῶπις, fl. 6th century BCE) was an ancient hetaira (courtesan) who lived in Naucratis in Egypt. She first appears in the Histories of Herodotus, who tells several stories about her life. Various ancient traditions connect her to the fable-teller Aesop, the poet Sappho (through her brother Charaxos), the Pyramid of Menkaure at Giza, and the sanctuary at Delphi. A story about her, first recorded by the Greek historian Strabo in the late first century BCE or early first century CE, is sometimes considered the earliest known variant of the "Cinderella" story.

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