Thaïs
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thumb|Thaïs leading the destruction of the palace of Persepolis, as imagined in Thaïs (painting)|Thaïs by Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse, 1890. Thaïs (; ; ) was a Greek who accompanied Alexander the Great on his military campaigns. Likely from Athens, she is most famous for having instigated the burning of Persepolis, the capital city of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, after it was conquered by Alexander's army in 330 BCE. At the time, Thaïs was the lover of Ptolemy I Soter, who was one of Alexander's close companions and generals. It has been suggested that she may also have been Alexander's love
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Thaïs
- Royalty.spouse
- Ptolemy I Soter
- Royalty.title
- Queen of Egypt
- Royalty.image
- Joshua Reynoldsre thais.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Thaïs of Athens with Torch (1781)by Joshua Reynolds
- Royalty.dynasty
- Ptolemaic
- Royalty.predecessor
- Eurydice II
- Royalty.successor
- Artakama
- Royalty.birth_place
- Athens, Greece
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Occupation
- hetaera
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Image
- Joshua Reynoldsre thais.jpg
- Residence
- Classical Athens
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- Thaïs
- different from
- Thaïs
- date of death
- 0400-00-00
- name in native language
- Θαΐς
- date of birth
- 0400-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Ptolemy I Soter
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Role in Alexander's conquest of Persia
- Burning of Persepolis
- Relationship with Alexander
- Later life and family
- Children
- In literature
- Classical
- Post-Classical
- References
- External links
thumb|Thaïs leading the destruction of the palace of Persepolis, as imagined in Thaïs (painting)|Thaïs by Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse, 1890. Thaïs (; ; ) was a Greek who accompanied Alexander the Great on his military campaigns. Likely from Athens, she is most famous for having instigated the burning of Persepolis, the capital city of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, after it was conquered by Alexander's army in 330 BCE. At the time, Thaïs was the lover of Ptolemy I Soter, who was one of Alexander's close companions and generals. It has been suggested that she may also have been Alexander's lover on the basis of a statement by the Greek rhetorician Athenaeus, who writes that Alexander liked to "keep Thaïs about him" without directly classifying the nature of their relationship as intimate; this may simply have meant that he enjoyed her company, as she is said to have been very witty and entertaining. Athenaeus also states that after Alexander's death in 323 BCE, Thaïs married Ptolemy and bore three of his children.
==Role in Alexander's conquest of Persia==
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