03648nam 22006854a 450 991081592970332120200520144314.01-282-26994-197866122699430-299-21313-7(CKB)1000000000485730(SSID)ssj0000229451(PQKBManifestationID)11227597(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229451(PQKBWorkID)10171895(PQKB)11533168(MiAaPQ)EBC3444746(Au-PeEL)EBL3444746(CaPaEBR)ebr10221948(CaONFJC)MIL226994(OCoLC)223388213(EXLCZ)99100000000048573020050223d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrProstitutes and courtesans in the ancient world /edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Laura K. McClure1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Pressc2006x, 360 pWisconsin studies in classicsPapers from the conference, "Prostitution in the Ancient World," held in Madison, April 12-14, 2002, hosted by the Classics and Hebrew and Semitic Studies department at the University.0-299-21310-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-327) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Transliteration -- Introduction -- Prostitution and the Sacred -- Marriage, Divorce, and the Prostitute in Ancient Mesopotamia -- Prostitution in the Social World and the Religious Rhetoric of Ancient Israel -- Heavenly Bodies: Monuments to Prostitutes in Greek Sanctuaries -- Sacred Prostitution in the First Person -- Legal and Moral Discourses on Prostitution -- Free and Unfree Sexual Work: An Economic Analysis of Athenian Prostitution -- The Bad Girls of Athens: The Image and Function of Hetairai in Judicial Oratory -- The Psychology of Prostitution in Aeschines' Speech against Timarchus -- Zoning Shame in the Roman City -- The Politics of Prostitution: Clodia, Cicero, and Social Order in the Late Roman Republic -- Matrona and Whore: Clothing and Definition in Roman Antiquity -- Prostitution, Comedy, and Public Performance -- Priestess and Courtesan: The Ambivalence of Female Leadership in Aristophanes' Lysistrata -- A Courtesan's Choreography: Female Liberty and Male Anxiety at the Roman Dinner Party -- Infamous Performers: Comic Actors and Female Prostitutes in Rome -- The Phallic Lesbian: Philosophy, Comedy, and SocialInversion in Lucian's Dialogues of the Courtesans -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Index Locorum.Wisconsin studies in classics.ProstitutionGreeceHistoryCongressesProstitutionRomeHistoryCongressesCourtesansGreeceHistoryCongressesCourtesansRomeHistoryCongressesSex roleGreeceHistoryTo 1500CongressesSex roleRomeHistoryTo 1500CongressesProstitutionHistoryProstitutionHistoryCourtesansHistoryCourtesansHistorySex roleHistorySex roleHistory306.74/0938Faraone Christopher A223741McClure Laura1959-486401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815929703321Prostitutes and courtesans in the ancient world2806789UNINA