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During the course of the nineteenth century, a small group of women rose from impoverished obscurity to positions of great power, independence, and wealth. In d
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Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Susan Griffin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-02-06 - Publisher: Crown

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From Pulitzer-Prize-nominated author Susan Griffin comes an unprecedented, provocative look at the dazzling world of the West’s first independent women, whose
Courtesans and Fishcakes
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: James N. Davidson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-30 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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As any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imb
Lives of the Courtesans
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Lynne Lawner
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

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Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World
Language: en
Pages: 379
Authors: Christopher A. Faraone
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-03-14 - Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

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Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World explores the implications of sex-for-pay across a broad span of time, from ancient Mesopotamia to the early Chri