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Is There Any Evidence of Temple Prostitution in Ancient Greek?

Buden: Why do none of the inscriptions on cups and vessels from actual sex workers talk about being a temple prostitute? Early christian fathers picked up the lie and magnified it. The early church fathers seized the opportunity to use this so called evidence to condemn the heathens who sold their daughters bodies in front of idols, says buden. "Where there's smoke, there might be fire," he adds.

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