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Name Pamphile
Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Scripts Παμφίλη
Other Forms FormsPamphila
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Meaning & History
Feminine form of PAMPHILOS. This was the name of a legendary woman who invented silk weaving on the Greek island of Kos. A historic bearer was Pamphile of Epidaurus, a 1st-century historian who was much esteemed in antiquity for her Historical Commentaries. The name was also used by Lucius Apuleius for a witch in his 2nd-century novel The Golden Ass.