Improper Women Flashcards
What were the 2 types of Greek prostitutes?
- Hetairai
- Pornai
In Greece there was no…
stigma attached to males visting prostitutes
Greek laws did not consider … to be adulterous
sex with registered prostitutes
Pornai(4):
- General prostitutes that worked at brothels
- Viewed negatively
- They advertised on the streets
- The money went to their masters
Hetairai(4):
- They were free women
- They could buy and sell land
- Were educated
- had talents like music,dancing poetry
Similarities between pornai and Hetairai(3):
- Sex for money
- Male clients
- Both legal
What was the name of Pericles’ hetairai mistress?
Aspasia
Why were the hetairai educated?(2):
- To engage in witty banter
- To please men in any way
How was prostitution seen in Rome?
It was a shameful profession
What is a Meretrix?
A roman female prostitute
What did a meretrix wear?
A toga
Prostitution carries the statue…
infamis
Why were prostitutes infamis?
because someone else was controlling their bodies
What can we tell about Clodia based on her depiction by Ciero and catallus?[5]:
- She is very sexually active
- She is immodest
- She is primiscuous
- ” She has made a habbit of attending banquets of men she does not know”
- “She established herself in the life of a harlot”
Name other professions that were seen as ‘Infamis’[2]:
- Gladiators
- Actors
