Sacred prostitution in the ancient Greek world : from Aphrodite to Baubo to Cassandra and beyond / Morris Silver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silver, Morris, author.

Contributor:

Commins-Holman Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution--Greece--History--To 1500.

Prostitution.

Prostitution--Religious aspects.

History.

Greece.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 264 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Münster : Ugarit-Verlag, 2019.

Contents:

I Female Nudity as an iconographic Problem p. 13

II Statues, Anasurma-Gesture and Cultic Prostitution p. 19

II.1 The Meaning and Significance of Anasurma p. 19

II.2 Phryne's Anasurma Gesture and her Erotic Statues p. 33

II.3 Cultic Advertising: From Aphrodite's Altar to Anchises' Statue p. 36

II.4 Venal Sexual Relations in Temple Precincts p. 38

II.5 About "Courtesans" and Aphrodite's Turtle's p. 40

II.6 Anasurma: Demeter, Baubo and Neileus' Daughter p. 41

II.7 Polyxena and Iphigenia: Human Sacrifice, Anasurma, Achilles' Brothel and "Old Women" p. 45

II.8 More about Polyxena: Anasurma and Omphalos p. 52

Excursus 1 The Nudity of Winged Victory (Nike) p. 55

III Themes in Cultic Prostitution with Special Emphasis on Franchising and Transgender Dynamics p. 57

III.1 The Aphrodite Enterprise: Business Model, Symbols, and Cultic Charter p. 57

a This is Aphrodite's Swan p. 58

b Aphrodite's Operations in Ptolemaic Egypt p. 61

c The "Courtesan" / Cult Nexus p. 63

d More About Aphrodite as Zeus' Chartered Prostitute p. 64

III.2 The Rise of Dionysus' Prostitution Cult and Dionysus as Agent p. 68

III.3 Sex in the Suburbs: The Proitides as Hera's Franchised Prostitutes p. 75

III.4 Administrative/Financial Role of Bees and Celibate Priestesses in Prostitution Enterprises p. 80

III.5 Sparta's Helen and Sex Workers on Strike in Lysistrata? p. 89

IV A Study of "The Rape of Cassandra" p. 95

IV.1 Cassandra's Erotic Nudity p. 95

IV.2 Iconographic Support for Cassandra's Status as Cultic Prostitute p. 98

IV.3 Cassandra's "Topknot" Hairstyle and Cultic Prostitution p. 99

IV.4 Prophecy, Nudity and Payment for Sexual Services p. 100

IV.5 Literary Support for Cassandra's Status as Cultic Prostitute p. 102

IV.6 Onomastic Support for Cassandra as Cultic Prostitute p. 104

IV.7 Sexy Athena p. 106

IV.8 Cassandra's Cultic Brothel p. 107

IV.9 Forcible Rape/Nuptial Abduction vs. Circulation of Cults p. 109

IV.10 Further Analysis of the Rape of Cassandra in Terms of Cult Circulation p. 111

IV.11 Circuiting Cults: Double-Headed Axes, Janiform Heads, Runners and Doves p. 116

IV.12 Prophetic Doves as Sirens and Keledones p. 119

IV.13 Further Consideration of the Locrian Maidens p. 127

IV.14 Cassandra as Cultic Agent and Cassandra's Agents p. 133

IV.15 Marital Status of Cultic Agents and Cultic Prostitution p. 141

IV.16 Cassandra's Marriages p. 143

IV.17 The Nude Goddess Circe: Rhabdos and Cultic Brothel p. 144

IV.18 An international Cult: Cassandra Seals and the Dodona Plaque p. 150

V Cultic Prostitution in Corinth: The Testimonies of Pindar and of Simonides p. 155

VI Multidivisonal Prostitution Enterprises in Ancient Emporia: Priamids, Scyllae and the Sea p. 165

VI.1 The Priamids p. 165

a Cassandra Herself p. 165

b Hecuba the Mother p. 165

c Polyxena the Sister p. 167

d Hector the Brother p. 168

e The Family Specialization p. 169

V1.2 The Scyllae p. 171

VII Cultic Prostitution and Public Policy p. 173

Excursus 2 Tholos as Brothel? p. 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Commins-Holman Family Fund.

ISBN:

9783868353006

3868353003

OCLC:

1156192250

Publisher Number:

99985256361