1894 Brewer’s / P / Pancaste
An Athenian hetæra, and her companion in sin, Phrynē, were the models of Venus Rising from the Sea, by Apellēs. (See Phryne.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.