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