Budin, Stephanie Lynn.

The myth of sacred prostitution in antiquity Stephanie Lynn Budin. - New York Cambridge University Press 2008. - xi, 366 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-355) and indexes.

Introduction -- The ancient Near Eastern data -- The so-called "evidence" -- Herodotos -- In the footsteps of Herodotos : Lucian and "Jeremiah" -- Pindar fragment 122 -- Strabo, confused and misunderstood -- Klearkhos, Justinus, and Valerius Maximus -- Archaeological "evidence" from Italy -- The early Christian rhetoric -- Last myths.

9780521880909 (hardback) 0521880904 (hardback)

2007026324

GBA804274


Prostitution--History--To 1500.
Literature, Ancient--History and criticism.
Prostitution--Religious aspects.
Prostitution--Historiography.

HQ113 / .B83 2008

306.7409182/20901