Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World

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Contents Acknowledgments vii Abbreviations and Transliteration ix Introduction 3 laura k. mcclure Prostitution and the Sacred Marriage, Divorce, and the Prostitute in Ancient Mesopotamia 21 martha t. roth Prostitution in the Social World and the Religious Rhetoric of Ancient Israel 40 phyllis a. bird Heavenly Bodies: Monuments to Prostitutes in Greek Sanctuaries 59 catherine keesling Sacred Prostitution in the First Person 77 stephanie l. budin Legal and Moral Discourses on Prostitution Free and Unfree Sexual Work: An Economic Analysis of Athenian Prostitution 95 edward e. cohen v The Bad Girls of Athens: The Image and Function of Hetairai in Judicial Oratory 125 allison glazebrook The Psychology of Prostitution in Aeschines’ Speech against Timarchus 139 susan lape Zoning Shame in the Roman City 161 thomas mcginn The Politics of Prostitution: Clodia, Cicero, and Social Order in the Late Roman Republic 177 marsha mccoy Matrona and Whore: Clothing and Definition in Roman Antiquity 186 kelly olson Prostitution, Comedy, and Public Performance Priestess and Courtesan: The Ambivalence of Female Leadership in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata 207 christopher a. faraone A Courtesan’s Choreography: Female Liberty and Male Anxiety at the Roman Dinner Party 224 sharon l. james Infamous Performers: Comic Actors and Female Prostitutes in Rome 252 anne duncan The Phallic Lesbian: Philosophy, Comedy, and Social Inversion in Lucian’s Dialogues of the Courtesans 274 kate gilhuly Bibliography 295 Contributors 329 Index 333 Index Locorum 353 vi Contents ...