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Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World
. Ed(S): Faraone, Christopher A.; McClure, Laura K.
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Paperback. Explores the implications of sex-for-pay from ancient Mesopotamia to the early Christian period. The essays in this volume reflect the difficulty of answering the question of whether temple prostitution existed in the ancient Near East and Greece, and the implications of literary representations of prostitutes and courtesans. Editor(s): Faraone, Christopher A.; McClure, Laura K. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
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 parties, where ... Read more
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 parties, where ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Series
Wisconsin Studies in Classics
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299213145
SKU
V9780299213145
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About . Ed(S): Faraone, Christopher A.; McClure, Laura K.
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World
Demonstrates, quite splendidly, how the study of prostitution in the ancient world provides crucial insight into the nature of ancient life, its mores, social practices, and political ideologies and discourses. - Ellen Greene, author of The Erotics of Domination ""This volume engages provocatively with previous studies on the topic of prostitution in Greece, Rome, and the Near East. The readable ... Read more