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HETAERA - Hetaira (plural hetairai (), also hetaera (plural hetaerae ), (Ancient Greek: , "companion", pl. ) was a type of prostitute in ancient Greece. Trad...
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| An ancient Greek courtesan or concubine, especially one of a special class of cultivated female companions. |
| a courtesan or mistress, especially an educated one in ancient Greece. |
| A courtesan or mistress, especially an educated one in ancient Greece. |
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| Hetaira (plural hetairai (), also hetaera (plural hetaerae ), (Ancient Greek: , "companion", pl. ) was a type of prostitute in ancient Greece. * Traditionally, historians of ancient Greece have distinguished between hetairai and pornai, another class of prostitute in ancient Greece. In contrast to pornai, who provided sex for a large number of clients in brothels or on the street, hetairai were thought to have had only a few men as clients at any one time, to have had long-term relationships with them, and to have provided companionship and intellectual stimulation as well as sex. For instance, Charles Seltman wrote in 1953 that "hetaeras were certainly in a very different class, often highly educated women".More recently, however, historians have questioned the extent to which there was really a distinction between hetairai and pornai. The second edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary, for instance, held that hetaira was a euphemism for any kind of prostitute. This position is sup |