The Most Famous
MODELS from Greece
This page contains a list of the greatest Greek Models. The pantheon dataset contains 313 Models, 1 of which were born in Greece. This makes Greece the birth place of the 28th most number of Models behind Belarus, and Puerto Rico.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Greek Models of all time. This list of famous Greek Models is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Phryne (-371 - -310)
With an HPI of 67.77, Phryne is the most famous Greek Model. Her biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Phryne (Ancient Greek: Φρύνη, before 370 – after 316 BC) was an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan). Born Mnesarete, she was from Thespiae in Boeotia, but seems to have lived most of her life in Athens. Though she apparently grew up poor, she became one of the wealthiest women in Greece. Phryne is best known for her trial for impiety, in which she was defended by the orator Hypereides. According to legend, she was acquitted after baring her breasts to the jury, though the historical accuracy of this episode is doubtful. She also modeled for the artists Apelles and Praxiteles: the Aphrodite of Knidos was said to be based on her. Phryne was largely ignored during the Renaissance, but artistic interest in her began to grow from the end of the eighteenth century. Her trial was famously depicted by Jean-Léon Gérôme in the 1861 painting Phryne Before the Areopagus, which influenced many subsequent depictions of her, and according to Laura McClure made her an "international cultural icon".
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Greek models born between 371 BC and 371 BC. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Greek models include Phryne.
