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



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Autore: Cohen Edward E. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Athenian prostitution : the business of sex / / Edward E. Cohen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
Disciplina: 306.7409495/12
Soggetto topico: Sex - Greece - Athens - History
Prostitution - Greece - Athens
Soggetto geografico: Athens (Greece) Social life and customs
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Athenian prostitution  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-049366-6
0-19-027594-4
0-19-027593-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910797648803321
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