#hetairai

[deathlessathanasia]

Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death : The Hellenistic Dynasties - Anna’s Archive

PROFESSOR DANIEL OGDEN The hellenistic royal families, from Alexander the Great to the last Cleopatra, took part in dynasti The Classical

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Slave-Wives, Single Women and “Bastards” in the Ancient Greek World : Law and Economics Perspectives - Anna’s Archive

SILVER, MORRIS.; Greek scholars have produced a vast body of evidence bearing on nuptial practices that has yet to be Casemate Publishers

[jeannereames]

Hello dr. Reames, I wanted to ask you, do you know where I can get information about hetairas? Honestly, it's a topic I'm very curious about.

Thank you!!!

There are a couple of at least somewhat recent books to check out.

First is Prisoner of History: Aspasia of Miletus and her Historiographic Tradition by Madeleine Henry (1995). Not necessarily an easy read, but very good in de-mythologizing her.

Second, James Davidson's Courtesans and Fishcakes: the Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (1997) has material on hetairai. It's a good, easy read, and I regularly recommend this to my students. As it's roughly contemporaneous with Henry, I'd actually recommend starting here before tackling the other.

Christ Faraone and Laura McClure edited a very important collection Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World (2006).

Then we have Konstantinos Kapparis' more recent Prostitution in the Ancient Greek World (2017).

Also see this Project MUSE summary, which gives a lot more historiographic detail on the topic.

[patricsfox]

Hetairai!Dean

[paintedwithwords]

hetairai said: lol, put on a bunch of clothes and go play! 

It's not that snowy, but I'm so hoping it will get heavier <3 I feel like a 6 years old LOL I'm dying to play in the snow!