The myth of sacred prostitution in antiquity/

Main Author: Budin, Stephanie Lynn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.