Sacred prostitution in the ancient Greek world : from Aphrodite to Baubo to Cassandra and beyond
Morris Silver
Bok · Engelsk · 2019 · History
| Omfang | xii, 264 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Sacred Prostitution: Overview and Conceptual Foundations -- Female Nudity as an Iconographic Problem -- Statues, Anasurma-Gesture and Cultic Prostitution: The Meaning and Significance of Anasurma ; Phryne's Anasurma Gesture and her Erotic Statues ; Cultic Advertising: From Aphrodite's Altar to Anchises' Statue ; Venal Sexual Relations in Temple Precincts ; About "Courtesans" and Aphrodite's Turtle's ; Anasurma: Demeter, Baubo and Neileus' Daughter ; Polyxena and Iphigenia: Human Sacrifice, Anasurma, Achilles' Brothel and "Old Women" ; More about Polyxena: Anasurma and Omphalos -- Excursus 1: The Nudity of Winged Victory (Nike -- Themes in Cultic Prostitution with Special Emphasis on Franchising and Transgender Dynamics: The Aphrodite Enterprise: Business Model, Symbols, and Cultic Charter (This is Aphrodite's Swan ; Aphrodite's Operations in Ptolemaic Egypt ; The "Courtesan" / Cult Nexus ; More About Aphrodite as Zeus' Chartered Prostitute); The Rise of Dionysus' Prostitution Cult and Dionysus as Agent ; Sex in the Suburbs: The Proitides as Hera's Franchised Prostitutes ; Administrative/Financial Role of Bees and Celibate Priestesses in Prostitution Enterprises ; Sparta's Helen and Sex Workers on Strike in Lysistrata? -- A Study of "The Rape of Cassandra": Cassandra's Erotic Nudity ; Iconographic Support for Cassandra's Status as Cultic Prostitute ; Cassandra's "Topknot" Hairstyle and Cultic Prostitution ; Prophecy, Nudity and Payment for Sexual Services ; Literary Support for Cassandra's Status as Cultic Prostitute ; Onomastic Support for Cassandra as Cultic Prostitute ; Sexy Athena ; Cassandra's Cultic Brothel ; Forcible Rape/Nuptial Abduction vs. Circulation of Cults ; Further Analysis of the Rape of Cassandra in Terms of Cult Circulation ; Circuiting Cults: Double-Headed Axes, Janiform Heads, Runners and Doves ; Prophetic Doves as Sirens and Kelēdones ; Further Consideration of the Locrian Maidens ; Cassandra as Cultic Agent and Cassandra's Agents ; Marital Status of Cultic Agents and Cultic Prostitution ; Cassandra's Marriages ; The Nude Goddess Circe: Rhabdos and Cultic Brothel ; An International Cult: Cassandra Seals and the Dodona Plaque -- Cultic Prostitution in Corinth: The Testimonies of Pindar and of Simonides -- Multidivisonal Prostitution Enterprises in Ancient Emporia: Priamids, Scyllae and the Sea -- The Priamids: Cassandra Herself ; Hecuba the Mother ; Polyxena the Sister ; Hector the Brother ; The Family Specialization -- The Scyllae -- Cultic Prostitution and Public Policy -- Excursus 2: Tholos as Brothel? -- Sacred Prostitution: Summary and Further Thoughts -- List of Abbreviations -- References -- Indices -- Temple / Sacred Prostitution in Ancient Mesopotamia Revisited (Reprinted from Ugarit-Forschungen, 2006, 38, 631-63).
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| ISBN | 9783868353006
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