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071 Love, Sex, and Prostitution

The History of Ancient Greece

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Prostitutes in Greek Pottery

Greek pottery also provides an insight into the daily life of prostitutes. The representation can generally be grouped into four categories. Banquet scenes, sexual activities, toilet scenes and scenes depicting maltreatment. Some prostitutes also bought slaves, and trained abandoned children to work in their profession. We will talk more about contraception and abortion in a future episode.

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