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  Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece (Paperback) By (author) Debra Hamel

  

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  Short Description for Trying Neaira Neaira grew up in a Corinthian brothel in the fourth century B.C., became a high-priced courtesan and a sex slave, then settled into a thirty-year relationship with Stephanos of Athens. But next she found herself in court, charged with transgressing Athens's marriage laws. This book reconstructs the amazing facts of Neaira's life and trial, illuminating the social, legal, and cultural worlds of an...
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  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Published: 18 February 2005
  • Format: Paperback 200 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Legal History | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
  • ISBN 13: 9780300107630 ISBN 10: 0300107633
  • Sales rank: 434,268

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• Neaira grew up in a Corinthian brothel in the fourth century B.C., became a high-priced courtesan and a sex slave, then settled into a thirty-year relationship with Stephanos of Athens. But next she found herself in court, charged with transgressing Athens's marriage laws. This book reconstructs the amazing facts of Neaira's life and trial, illuminating the social, legal, and cultural worlds of ancient Greece.