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