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Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan’s Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece
Debra Hamel
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| #476475 in Books | 2005-02-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.24 x.60 x6.34l,.55 | File type: PDF | 224 pages||22 of 25 people found the following review helpful.| Witty and Well-Written Judicial/Social History|By Gypsi|Trying Neaira is just what one would NOT expect an historical nonfiction book to be: witty and easy to read, with little bizarre bits that one just MUST read out loud! Furthermore, her writing style is light and makes a normal dry subject (the ancient Athenian judicial system) interesting and comprehensible.
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"Hamel’s treatment of this complicated story is outstanding . . . for its comprehensive [yet remarkably concise] presentation of the social and historical context of fourth-century Athens. ”—Ingrid D. Rowland, New Republic|
Neaira grew up in a Corinthian brothel in the fourth century B.C., became a high-priced courtesan and a sex slave, then settled into a thirty-year relationship with Stephanos of Athens. But next she found herself in court, charged with transgressing Athens’s marriage laws. This book reconstructs the amazing facts of Neaira’s life and trial, illuminating the social, legal, and cultural worlds of ancient Greece. Hamel’s treatment of this complicat...
You easily download any file type for your device.Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan’s Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece | Debra Hamel. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
