μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sacred prostitution.

Sex. · Illicit sexual relations. · Prostitution and concubinage. · view the constellation · filed as T457

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Cited in the index
  • general *Penzer Poison Damsels 131ff.
Within the index

Filed under Prostitution and concubinage.

Filed beside it
Wife born to be prostitute. Husband unable to change her ways, submits to them Woman disappointed in love threatens to become prostitute Prostitution to avoid starvation Prostitute has favorite lover Devil causes girl to become prostitute. Destroys the girl's family and begets on her a boy Bawds. Professional go-betweens Getting advice from a woman in bed Woman sells favors for particular purpose Bed-partner to receive payment from first man she meets in the morning. It so happens: she marries the man and he makes her wealthy Woman enjoys the ravishings of the enemy

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