1. Introduction; 2. The ancient Near Eastern data; 3. The so-called 'evidence'; 4. Herodotos; 5. In the footsteps of Herodotos: Lucian and 'Jeremiah'; 6. Pindar Fragment 122; 7. Strabo, confused and misunderstood; 8. Klearkhos, Justinus, and Valerius Maximus; 9. Archaeological 'evidence' from Italy; 10. The early Christian rhetoric; 11. Last myths.
Dispels the myth of sacred prostitution in the ancient world.
Stephanie Lynn Budin received her Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in Greece and the ancient Near East. She is the author of The Origin of Aphrodite (2003) and numerous articles on ancient religion and iconography. She has delivered papers in Athens, Dublin, Jerusalem, London, Nicosia, Oldenburg, and Stockholm, as well as various cities throughout the United States.
'Throughout most of the book the material is presented well and
each avenue is thoroughly explored. It provides a good grounding
for students studying Ancient Greece and Rome to explore this hotly
debated topic.' Rosetta
'This volume will be particularly useful for classicists with no
previous expertise in this subfield, providing extensive commentary
on the central corpus of sources for this custom. While there will
be no doubt be those who dispute Budin's claims regarding the
existence of sacred prostitution, there is no disputing the high
level of scholarship which underpins her argument.' Classics
Ireland
'… the book is based on a solid knowledge of modern scholarship. It
should be read both by those who maintain that sacred prostitution
existed and by those who remain sceptical.' Arctos
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