Does the folk tale of Cinderella ultimately originate from the ancient Greek legend of Rhodopis, a slave in Egypt?

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But originally, there was of course Cinderella, a popular 1950 movie based on the Greek story of Rhodopis, a slave girl who marries the king of Egypt early 1st century.

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The earliest known version appears in accounts by Herodotus and Strabo, who recorded the tale of Rhodopis, or “Red Cheeks.” According to the story, a Greek slave girl living in Naukratis, a Hellenic ...

For instance, in the ancient Greek scholar Strabonis’ Geographica, he recounts how local people “tell the tale” of Rhodopis which goes as follows: “While she was bathing, an eagle snatched one of her ...

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Rhodopis, Cheops Daughter, and Pyramids Financed by a Prostitute. A courtesan ties up her himation (long garment) again while her middle-aged client watches. Interior from an Attic red-figured kylix, ...

In one of the earliest versions of the Cinderella story, a Greek girl named Rhodopis is kidnapped and sold into slavery in Egypt. There, she befriends some animals, and an eagle takes one of her ...