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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797648803321

Autore

Cohen Edward E.

Titolo

Athenian prostitution : the business of sex / / Edward E. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-049366-6

0-19-027594-4

0-19-027593-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

306.7409495/12

Soggetti

Sex - Greece - Athens - History

Prostitution - Greece - Athens

Athens (Greece) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Aphrodite's workers in democratic Athens -- Prostitution as a liberal profession -- (commercial) sex and the city : restrictions on prostitutes as political leaders -- "Prostitution pursuant to contract" -- Beyond legalization : laws affecting prostitutes -- Mothers and daughters in a family business -- The costs, and rewards, of sexual servic.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a pioneering study that examines the sale of sex in classical Athens from a commercial (rather than from a cultural or moral) perspective. Following the author's previous book on Athenian banking, 'Athenian Prostitution' analyses erotic business at Athens not anachronistically, but in the context of the Athenian economy.