Bilistiche
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Bilistiche (Greek: Βιλιστίχη; born c. 280 BC) or Belistiche was a Hellenistic courtesan of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and winner of the 264 BC Olympic Games in tethrippon and synoris.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Macedonia
- Occupation
- hetaera
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Participant in
- ancient Olympic Games
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- unmarried partner
- Ptolemy II Philadelphus
- time period
- Hellenistic period
- date of birth
- 0250-00-00
- date of death
- 0300-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Bilistiche (Greek: Βιλιστίχη; born c. 280 BC) or Belistiche was a Hellenistic courtesan of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and winner of the 264 BC Olympic Games in tethrippon and synoris.
== Name == It is generally accepted that the name Bilistiche is a Macedonian dialectal form of a Greek name. The first element presumably relates to φιλ-, ‘love’; (the phi turns into beta in the Macedonian dialect, cf. Pherenice -> Berenice). The most probable full etymological account of her name accordingly construes it as the superlative stem φιλιστ- followed by the productive suffix -ίχα, found in a number of other female names, particularly in Boeotia (Doricha, Deinicha, Hippicha, etc.).
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