Prostitutes and courtesans in the ancient world
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299213107
Date de publication :
6 févr. 2006
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.