Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE–200 CE

Bibliographic Data

ID19906429
EditorsAllison Glazebrook, Madeleine Mary Henry
Year2011
Pages324
Publication date2011-01-06
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGreek prostitutes in the ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE-200 CE (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/jj.36106128
WikidataQ97108575
OpenAlexW437617945
Open LibraryOL25556394M
ISBN9780299235635
LanguageEN
Citations received39
References cited2

Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE 200 CE challenges the often-romanticized view of the prostitute as an urbane and liberated courtesan by examining the social and economic realities of the sex industry in Greco-Roman culture. Departing from the conventional focus on elite society, these essays consider the Greek prostitute as displaced foreigner, slave, and member of an urban underclass. The contributors draw on a wide range of material and textual evidence to discuss portrayals of prostitutes on painted vases and in the literary tradition, their roles at symposia (Greek drinking parties), and their place in the everyday life of the polis. Reassessing many assumptions about the people who provided and purchased sexual services, this volume yields a new look at gender, sexuality, urbanism, and economy in the ancient Mediterranean world

Ancient Greece · Ancient Greek · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Elite · Everyday life · Human sexuality · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Underclass · Urbanism · Anthropology · Architecture · Classics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · History · Law · Sex work and related issues · Europe · Greece · Prostitutes · Prostitution · Rome