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The myth of sacred prostitution in antiquity / Stephanie Lynn Budin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Budin, Stephanie Lynn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitution--History--To 1500.
- Prostitution.
- Prostitution--Historiography.
- Prostitution--Religious aspects.
- Literature, Ancient--History and criticism.
- Literature, Ancient.
- Historiography.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 366 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-355) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780521880909
- 0521880904
- OCLC:
- 152559698
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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