Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE-200 CE (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

342 Pages·2011·1.67 MB·English

by  Allison Glazebrook

Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean,
800 BCE–200 CE
Publication of this volume has been made possible, in part,
through the generous support and enduring vision of
warren g. moon
and through support from
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the funds.
Greek Prostitutes in the
Ancient Mediterranean,
800 BCE–200 CE
Edited by
allison glazebrook
and
madeleine m. henry
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Greek prostitutes in the ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE–200 CE /
edited by Allison Glazebrook and Madeleine M. Henry.
p. cm.—(Wisconsin studies in classics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-299-23564-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-299-23563-5 (e-book)
1. Prostitutes—Greece—History. 2. Prostitutes—Rome—History.
I. Glazebrook, Allison, 1966– II. Henry, Madeleine Mary, 1949–
III. Series: Wisconsin studies in classics.
HQ113.G74 2011
306.740938’09014—dc22
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
ix
Abbreviations and Transliterations
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Introduction: Why Prostitutes? Why Greek? Why Now?
allison glazebrook madeleine m. henry
and
1 The Traffic in Women: From Homer to Hipponax,
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from War to Commerce
madeleine m. henry
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2 Porneion: Prostitution in Athenian Civic Space
allison glazebrook
3 Bringing the Outside In: The Andr¯onas Brothel and
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the Symposium’s Civic Sexuality
sean corner
86
4 Woman + Wine = Prostitute in Classical Athens?
clare kelly blazeby
5 Embodying Sympotic Pleasure: A Visual Pun on
106
the Body of an Aul¯etris
helene a. coccagna
122
6 Sex for Sale? Interpreting Erotica in the Havana Collection
nancy sorkin rabinowitz
7 The Brothels at Delos: The Evidence for Prostitution
147
in the Maritime World
t. davina mcclain nicholas k. rauh
and
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contents
8 Ballio’s Brothel, Phoenicium’s Letter, and the Literary Education
172
of Greco-Roman Prostitutes: The Evidence of Plautus’s Pseudolus
judith p. hallett
9 Prostitutes, Pimps, and Political Conspiracies during
197
the Late Roman Republic
nicholas k. rauh
222
10 The Terminology of Prostitution in the Ancient Greek World
konstantinos k. kapparis
256
Conclusion: Greek Brothels and More
thomas a. j. mcginn
269
References
293
Contributors
295
Index
311
Index Locorum
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Acknowledgments
This project began over breakfast at the 2005 APA/AIA meetings in Boston. The
first step was a panel at the AIA in San Diego in 2007. We wish to thank Laura K.
McClure for suggesting at the end of that session that we consider publishing the
papers as a collection. The volume is not simply a publication of those papers,
however, but a continuation and an expansion of the explorations on the brothel,
the porn¯e, and the sociocultural history of prostitution begun there.
Manyhavehelpedthisprojectbecomeabook.Wearegratefultoourstudents
for their assistance with various stages in the preparation of the manuscript:
MatthewCaffrey,CarrieCarlson,BethanyMathes,HelenTaylor,andespecially
NicoleDaniel.Wearethankfultoourinstitutionsfortheirfinancialsupport:Iowa
State University Publication Subvention Grants Program, Humanities Research
Institute at Brock University, and the Brock University Advancement Fund. We
also wish to thank the editorial staff at the University of Wisconsin Press for
making the process a smooth one and the anonymous reviewers for their thought-
fulcomments.Weespeciallywishtothankourcontributorsfortheirthoughtsand
enthusiasmforthistopicandtheircooperationthroughouttheeditorialprocess.
A special thanks to Claudia Mueller, secretary of the World Languages and Cul-
tures Department at Iowa State University, and to Frances Meffe, administrative
assistant of the Department of Classics at Brock University.
Finally, we are most thankful to the support and encouragement of our
partners, Dave and Dean. Allison also wishes to thank her parents, George and
Marion Glazebrook, for their continued enthusiasm for her work.
We hope these papers will encourage further research and generate more
interest in the complex relationship between prostitution and women, slavery,
gender, sexuality, economy, and culture.
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Abbreviations and Transliterations
Abbreviations of ancient authors and works follow the Oxford Classical Dictionary.
Abbreviations of standard reference works appear below. Full details for all other
references can be found in the references. In transliterating Greek, we have used
Latinized spellings for well-known Greek authors, such as Isaeus, following the
spelling in the Oxford Classical Dictionary. We use a direct transliteration from
Greek for all other Greek names and terms.
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1942.
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1963.
Brill’s New Pauly H. Cancik, H. Schneider, and M. Landfester, eds. Brill’s New
Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Leiden, 2002–.
Broughton MRR T. R. S. Broughton. The Magistrates of the Roman Republic.
New York, 1951–52.
Chantraine P. Chantraine. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque:
Histoire des mots. Paris, 1968.
Conomis N. C. Conomis, ed. Dinarchus: Orationes cum fragmentis.
Leipzig, 1975.
Cramer J. A. Cramer. Anecdota graeca. Oxford, 1835–37.
CVA Corpus vasorum antiquorum. 1922–.
Davies APF J. K. Davies. Athenian Propertied Families, 600–300 B.C. Ox-
ford, 1971.
Diels-Kranz H. Diels and W. Kranz, eds. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker.
Berlin, 1906–10.
Dindorf G. Dindorf, ed. Harpocrationis Lexicon in decem oratores atti-
cos. Oxford, 1853.
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