Email this article L’ἀτιμία del cittadino prostituto nell’Atene dell’età classica
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The atimia of the prostituting citizen in Classical Athens
A law cited by Aeschines in his oration Against Timarchus sanctioned Athenian citizens who practised ἑταίρησις, excluding them from many public activities. Other sources mention further prohibitions, not cited by Aeschines, but these, upon careful analysis, appear mostly unreliable. It follows that the prostitute was subject to partial ἀτιμία, however extensive; it was automatic (ipso facto). The prostitute perhaps incurred total ἀτιμία only if he was condemned in a δοκιμασία ῥητόρων.
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