Output details
31 - Classics
Newcastle University
Chapter title
Tempelprostitution im antiken Persien?
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Verlag Antike
Book title
Tempelprostitution im Altertum: Fakten und Fiktionen
ISBN of book
9783938032268
Year of publication
2009
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
The key passage on this subject is Strabo 9.14.16, which connects the idea of temple prostitution with the cult of Anahita, claiming that this was known in Persia, as well as in Media and Armenia. In the absence of any archaeological or textual record which could substantiate that claim concerning the existence of either Persian temples or the employment of female personnel, this paper investigates whether Strabo’s ‘prostitution story’ is a literary motif based on Herodotus 1.93 and 1.99, which is used as a means to depict Persia (and Armenia) in a negative light.
