Athenian prostitution : the business of sex

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Edward E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Sex > Greece > Athens > History.
Prostitution > Greece > Athens.
Manners and customs
Prostitution
Sex
Athens (Greece) > Social life and customs.
Greece > Athens
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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