Erga-Logoi (Dec 2015)

Testimonianze sulla prostituzione a Sparta. La bella aulonita e l’etèra Cottina

  • Roberto Capel Badino

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7358/erga-2015-002-cape
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 77 – 100

Abstract

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Review of the ancient evidences about the practice of prostitution in Sparta from the archaic till the Hellenistic time. The paper discusses the testimonies offered by Plutarch and Clement, concerning the organization of prostitution in Spartan law, and by Xenophon and Polemon, who both provide information about female figures of Spartan prostitutes.

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