Courtesans at Table: Gender and Ancient Greek Literary Culture (Paperback)
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Short Description for Courtesans at Table Drawing on Book 13 of the Athenaeus' "Deipnosophistae", which contains almost all known references to Hetaeras from all periods of Greek literature, Laura K. McClure has created a window onto the ways ancient Greeks perceived the courtesan and the role of the courtesan in Greek life.
Full description- Publisher: Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
- Published: 18 September 2003
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry | Gender Studies: Women | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780415939478 ISBN 10: 041593947X
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Full description for Courtesans at Table
Witty nicknames, crude jokes, public nudity and lavish monuments - all of these things distinguished Greek courtesans from respectable citizen women in ancient Greece. Although prostitutes appear as early as archaic Greek lyric poetry, our fullest accounts come from the late 2nd century CE. Drawing on Book 13 of the Athenaeus' "Deipnosophistae", which contains almost all known references to Hetaeras from all periods of Greek literature, Laura K. McClure has created a window onto the ways ancient Greeks perceived the courtesan and the role of the courtesan in Greek life.
