The oldest profession in the world---prostitution in ancient Greece and Rome and society

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Publish Date: 2007-01-29
Features: In ancient Greece and Rome, prostitution was an extremely natural phenomenon. The legal loophole of monogamy allowed for a de facto polygamy system. This is a common vice, but it is the reality. It was born from prostitution and, in turn, fueled it. In reality, this union often produced illegitimate children, whose fate was inevitably tragic. If they were abandoned at birth, or if they miraculously survived, their only path to survival was prostitution. Once they grew up, unable to inherit their father's property, they too had to expand the prostitution market. Poverty, the habit of extravagance, and the possibility of legally abandoning one's children inevitably further fueled the growth of this industry, both in ancient Greece and Rome... This book opens a page in the history of European social and cultural development. Through the author's firsthand writing, we can understand that in ancient Greece and Rome, from emperors and magistrates to poets and commoners, everyone indulged in sensual pleasures; from queens and common women to teenagers and boys, it was common to willingly degrade themselves, selling their bodies for enjoyment. This book can be considered a vivid portrayal of the hedonistic customs of ancient Greece and Rome. The author cites a vast amount of ancient literature and combines it with modern archaeological discoveries, not only describing the social and prostitution phenomenon of ancient Greece and Rome but also conducting a detailed analysis of the impact of prostitution on the social life of that time.