Talk about a defense! Today, the hetaera Phyrne was standing trial for supposedly "profaning" the Eleusinian Mysteries.
When the verdict looked like it wasn't going to turn out in her favor, girlfriend TOOK HER ROBES OFF AND EXPOSED HER NAKED BODY! According to Athenaeus, the site was so divinely beautiful that she was acquitted.
I mean, it makes sense, this celebrated companion of Praxiteles was rumored to be the model for his famous sculpture Aphrodite of Cnidus. And, also sat for Apelles for his Venus Anadyomene.
Good Zeus, that was a bold move! I'm glad it payed off for her!
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