Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE–200 CE challenges the often-romanticized view of the prostitute as an urbane and liberated courtesan by examining the social and economic realities of the sex industry in Greco-Roman culture. Departing from the conventional focus on elite society, these essays consider the Greek prostitute as displaced foreigner, slave, and member of an urban underclass.     The contributors draw on a wide range of material and textual evidence to discuss portrayals of prostitutes on painted vases and in the literary tradition, their roles at symposia (Greek drinking parties), and their place in the everyday life of the polis. Reassessing many assumptions about the people who provided and purchased sexual services, this volume yields a new look at gender, sexuality, urbanism, and economy in the ancient Mediterranean world.

古代地中海的希腊妓女，公元前800年-公元前200年》通过研究希腊-罗马文化中性产业的社会和经济现实，挑战了将妓女视为都市人和解放的歌妓这一通常的浪漫主义观点。这些文章偏离了对精英社会的传统关注，将希腊妓女视为流离失所的外国人、奴隶和城市下层社会的成员。    作者们利用广泛的材料和文本证据，讨论了彩绘花瓶和文学传统中的妓女形象，她们在座谈会（希腊酒会）上的角色，以及她们在政体日常生活中的地位。本卷重新评估了关于提供和购买性服务的人的许多假设，对古代地中海世界的性别、性、城市化和经济有了新的认识。