Houses of Ill Repute : The Archaeology of Brothels, Houses, and Taverns in the Greek World / Allison Glazebrook, Barbara Tsakirgis.
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- 9780812292695
- DF99 .H68 2016eb
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. What Is a House? Conceptualizing the Greek House -- Chapter 2. Can Pottery Help Distinguish a Brothel from a Tavern or House? -- Chapter 3. Patterns of Amphora Discard from Houses, Shops, Taverns, and Brothels -- Chapter 4. Building Z in the Athenian Kerameikos: House, Tavern, Inn, Brothel? -- Chapter 5. Locations of Ill Repute in Late Hellenistic Delos -- Chapter 6. Dining and the Cult of Aphrodite: Th e Function of the South Stoa at Corinth -- Chapter 7. Looking Inside on the Outside of a Pot -- Chapter 8. Is There an Archaeology of Prostitution? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Houses of Ill Repute is the first book to focus on the difficulties of distinguishing between private homes and buildings, such as brothels and taverns, which housed activities neither public nor private in ancient Greece, providing a way forward for the study of domestic and entertainment spaces in the Hellenic world.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
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