Thaïs [SEP] sex or gender
The date of Thaïs's death is unknown.
Appearances in literature.
Her larger-than-life persona has resulted in characters named Thaïs appearing in several literary works, the most famous of which are listed below. In the post-classical period she is commonly portrayed in literature and art as Alexander's rather than Ptolemy's lover.
Appearances in literature Classical.
In Terence's play "Eunuchus", there is a female protagonist who is a courtesan named Thaïs after the historical figure. Thaïs' words from
Avienus Quarte[...], named in a late second or third century inscription from Cumae in Campania.
- Sextus Avienus Sex. l. Secundus, a freedman, and the husband of Titia Aucta, with whom he was buried at Rome, aged thirty-five.
- Titus Avienus Tarentinus, buried at Rome.
- Avienia Sex. l. Thaïs, a freedwoman, built a family sepulchre at Rome.
- Titus Avenius Tiro, buried at Rome.
- Avienia Viontilla, together with her brother,