The myth of sacred prostitution in antiquity / Stephanie Lynn Budin.

Author/creator Budin, Stephanie Lynn
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxi, 366 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Prostitution--History. --To 1500.
Prostitution--Historiography.
Prostitution--Religious aspects.
Literature, Ancient--History and criticism.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-355) and indexes.
LCCN 2007026324
ISBN9780521880909 (hardback)
ISBN0521880904 (hardback)