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

This is a study that examines the sale of sex in classical Athens from a commercial (rather than from a cultural or moral) perspective. As a mercantile activity, however, prostitution was not untouched by elite Athenian antagonism toward business; as the "business of sex," prostitution fur...

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Main Author: Cohen, Edward E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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505 0 |a 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 services. 
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