Pamphile
Was the daughter of Platea, or of Apollo (Latous), a woman of the Greek island of Kos
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::summary Was the daughter of Platea, or of Apollo (Latous), a woman of the Greek island of Kos ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/De_mulieribus_claris_(BnF_Français_599)f.40r-_Panphyle.jpeg" caption="Panphyle in Boccaccio's [[De mulieribus claris"] ::
Pamphile (), Panphyle, Plateae filia or Latoi filia, was the daughter of Plateas, or of Apollo (Latous), a woman of the Greek island of Kos. Pliny the Elder says that she was the first person to weave silk.
References
References
- Longman, 1827 ''Classical Manual; or, a mythological, historical, and geographical commentary on Pope's Homer and Dryden's Æneid of Virgil, with a copious index''
- Pliny the Elder, ''[[Natural History (Pliny). Natural History]]'', [http://attalus.org/translate/pliny_hn11a.html#76 11.(26).76].
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