The Ancient Greek Who Flashed Her Way to Freedom (Some Good Looking Men)

There is an entire entertainment genre built around portraying drama in the courtroom but we'd wager few scenarios created would come anywhere close to being as incredible as the true story of Phryne.

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Videos:
Carry On Camping (1969)

Friends (1994 – 2004)


Images:
Phryne, Angelica Kauffman [Public domain]
Aphrodite of Knidos, © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons
Phryne, painting, José Frappa (1854-1904) [Public domain]
Phryne before the Areopagus, Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
Barbara Windsor, Portlandvillage [CC BY 3.0 (
Screenshot from Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Screenshot from Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Screenshot from Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Screenshot from 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Screenshot from True Blood (2008 – 2014)

Screenshot from Atomic Blonde (2017)

Screenshot from The Thing (1982)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994)

David Harbour, Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0 (
Phil Mitchell
Danny DeVito, Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0 (
Matt LeBlanc, ??????56 [CC BY-SA 4.0 (
Paul Hollywood, Tim Fields [CC BY 2.0 (

Music:
"Two Finger Johnny" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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