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/ɔːˈliːtɹɪs/ · noun
(historical) A courtesan or prostitute in Ancient Greece who played the flute to provide entertainment..
To equate auletrides with prostitutes tout court is an overgeneralisation, which in turn impacts on the reading of the imagery.
The auletris, or flute-player, provided musical accompaniment at the Greek symposium, a drinking party enjoyed by aristocratic males.
One of Theophrastus' characters speaks of instructing a servant to bring an auletris from the brothel [...] "that all of us might be entertained by her playing and be made glad".
Use auletris when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Auletris means (historical) A courtesan or prostitute in Ancient Greece who played the flute to provide entertainment..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To equate auletrides with prostitutes tout court is an overgeneralisation, which in turn impacts on the reading of the imagery.
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