10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETAIRAI»
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Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Women and ...
from other classes.16 He notes that the hetairai not only wore more clothes than
other women, but also finer ones. If a woman wished to be considered
respectable she did not dress ostentatiously. In comparison, a competitor for her
husband's ...
2
Not the Classical Ideal: Athens and the Construction of the ...
Hetairai at work In turning to the visual imagery, hetairai are easily recognizable
in L J the contexts where one expects to find them, namely the komos (revel) and
the symposium.18 As flute girls, dancers, fellow kottabos players, drinkers, and ...
3
A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World
The hetairai were women skilled in flute-playing, singing, dancing, or acrobatics,
skilled also in flirtation and sexual techniques, artful in conversation, and better
educated than most citizen women. A number of extant Athenian vase paintings ...
David Sacks, Oswyn Murray, 1995
4
Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work
This major 2-volume set is the first to treat in an inclusive reference what is usually considered a societal failing and the underside of sexuality and economic survival.
Melissa Hope Ditmore, 2006
5
Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE–200 CE
In this regard it is interesting to observe that classical and early Hellenistic
hetairai in Athens reportedly exerted a similarly destabilizing influence on their
respective societies. This suggests possibly that Roman sources such as Cicero
and ...
Allison Glazebrook, Madeleine M. Henry, 2011
6
Moral Education for Women in the Pastoral and Pythagorean ...
For instance, in the index to his book Roman Wives, Winter lists “Prostitute (high
class, hetairai)” (226); he repeats this “high class prostitute” label (ibid., 22 n. 19;
47). In his translation of Melissa to Kleareta he transliterates hetairai, then adds ...
7
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy
It is unknown whether Pherecrates's hetairai were actual or fictional, though
Thalatta, an attested het- aira name (Athen. 567c), is also the title of a play by
Diocles (fl. 410s to ca. 450), and Pannychis, a hetaira name in Petr. Sat. 25 and
Luc.
Michael Fontaine, Adele C. Scafuro, 2014
8
Studies in Later Greek Comedy
The question then is whether the Greek original had a special display scene in
which Ballio reviewed his servants and his hetairai. Fraenkel is undoubtedly right
that Ballio's address to his slaves has been greatly expanded, but as a means of
...
Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster, 1970
9
The City of Corinth and Urbanism in Late Antique Greece
Temple by the Kraneion is under discussion.121 Finally, while one of these
Greek Sanctuaries of Aphrodite also accepted the dedication of sacred slaves (
hierodouloi) and owned their income, some of which was earned by acting as
hetairai ...
Amelia Robertson Brown, 2008
10
Defining Genre and Gender in Latin Literature: Essays ...
And as for affairs involving hetairai, if [the hetairai] are audacious and ... senses
or has a change of mind, but if [the hetairai] are good and reciprocate the young
man's love, either a citizen- father is located for them or a certain amount of time
is ...
William Scovil Anderson, Garth Tissol, William Wendell Batstone, 2005
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETAIRAI»
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hetairai is used in the context of the following news items.
Castellani Art Museum spring art history series debuts with sculptor …
The hetairai (courtesans) who took on wool-work were known as the "spinning hetairai." There is a common thread between wives and hetairai ... «Niagara Frontier Publications, Feb 14»
'The Sweet Girl' by Annabel Lyon
Lyon uses Greek names for her characters and scatters a few Greek words throughout — kithara (a musical instrument), iunx (a spell), hetairai ... «Boston Globe, Jun 13»
The real ancient Olympic spirit: political, bawdy, and brutal
Citizen-women did not attend the games, but the place was packed with “barbarian” prostitutes, ranging in price from top-of-the-range hetairai ... «Boston Globe, May 12»
PHOTO CALL: Beane and Flinn's Give It Up! Premieres in Dallas
... Heights), Carla Duren (110 in the Shade), Justin Keyes (The Apple Tree), Telly Leung (Rent), Preston Sadleir and Liz Mikel ("Friday Night Lights") as Hetairai. «Playbill.com, Feb 10»
Dallas Theater Center Presents GIVE IT UP! 1/15-2/14/2010
... Andrew Rannells (Hairspray; Jersey Boys); Preston Sadleir; and DTC ActingCompany Member Liz Mikel (Friday Night Lights) as Hetairai. «Broadway World, Dec 09»
