Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean; 800 BCEndash;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.
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