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Christopher A. (Hrsg.) Faraone

Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World

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Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World explores the implications of sex-for-pay across a broad span of time, from ancient Mesopotamia to the early Christian period. In ancient times, although they were socially marginal, prostitutes connected with almost every aspect of daily life. They sat in brothels and walked the streets; they paid taxes and set up dedications in religious sanctuaries; they appeared as characters--sometimes admirable, sometimes despicable--on the comic stage and in the law courts; they lived lavishly, consorting with famous poets and politicians; and they participated in otherwise all-male banquets and drinking p… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: McClure, Laura (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-299-21314-5
  • EAN: 9780299213145
  • Produktnummer: 1467406
  • Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 376 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 490 g
  • Abbildungen: 1 b&w photo
  • Gewicht: 490
  • Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor


Christopher A. Faraone is professor of classics at the University of Chicago, author of Ancient Greek Love Magic, and coeditor of Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion. Laura K. McClure is professor of classics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, author of Courtesans at Table: Gender and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus, and editor of Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World.

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