Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World

Laura K. McClure, Christopher A. Faraone, Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures Christopher A Faraone — 2006

These essays explore the implications of sex-for-pay from ancient Mesopotamia to the early Christian period. They reflect the debates engendered by research by confronting the ambiguous terms for prostitution in ancient languages as well as the politicaland social implications of literary representations of prostitutes.