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"Rhodopis" (Greek: Ροδώπις) is an ancient tale about a Greek
courtesan who marries the king of Egypt. The story was first
recorded by the Greek historian Strabo in the 1st century BC and
is considered the earliest known variant of the "Cinderella"
story.[1] The origins of the fairy-tale figure may be traced
back to the 6th-century BC hetaera Rhodopis.[2]   Rhodopis, a
courtesan, was bathing. An eagle snatched one of her shoes from
her maid, carried it to Memphis, and dropped it into the lap of
the king (named Psammetichus in Aelian). The king searched for
the owner of the shoe. He found Rhodopis in Naucratis and
married her.[3][4]   The Greek geographer Strabo (died c. 24 AD)
first recorded the tale of the Greco-Egyptian girl Rhodopis in
his Geographica.[5] This passage is considered to be the
earliest variant of the Cinderella story.[1] Another account of
Rhodopis has survived in Aelian's (died c