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The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Phile




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Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). The Dinner Party (Heritage Floor; detail), 1974–79. Porcelain with rainbow and gold luster, 48 x 48 x 48 ft. (14.6 x 14.6 x 14.6 m). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. © Judy Chicago. Photograph by Jook Leung Photography

Phile
Flourished circa 50 B.C., Priene, ancient Greece

Phile was elected the first woman magistrate (judicial officer) in the city of Priene because, with her own money, she installed a much-needed cistern and a system of water pipes. Her beneficence was documented in an inscription on a monument erected in her honor.

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Euryleon

Hipparchia
Hippo
Lamia
Leontium
Nicobule
Perictyone
Salpe
Telesilla
Theano
Theoclea

Last updated March 10, 2007.
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