071 Love, Sex, and Prostitution
The History of Ancient Greece
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Male Prostitution in Greece
As with its female counterpart, male prostitution in Greece was not an object of scandal. Brothels for slave boys existed openly and males were not exempt from the city tax on prostitutes either. In Aristophanes' Plutose, an old woman complains about having spent all her money on a young lover who is now jilting her. Contrary to female prostitution, which covered all age groups, male prostitution was an essence restricted to adolescence.
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