Hetaira, in Its Earlier and Nobler Sense...(CEG I, 97) Authors Marta González González Universidad de Málaga Keywords: Attic grave-reliefs of the Classical period, gender, age and social class in Ancient Greece, hetaira Abstract The study of Attic grave-reliefs from the Classical period can be of great interest as a source of information about the relationships between gender, age and social class in Ancient Greece. This essay analyses an epigram devoted to a deceased woman by a female friend. The use of hetaira in this text has triggered some interpretations —misleading, in my opinion— of the two women being prostitutes. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2012-11-05 Issue No. 18 (2012): Desorden y transgresión en el mundo antiguo Section Dossier License The Author retains ownership of the copyright in this article, unless the opposite is expressed, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement, including the nonexclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display the article in print or electronic form, and grants, Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat the exclusive rights to print publication of the Article for a period beginning when this Agreement is executed and ending twelve (12) months after the first publicaton of the work in this Journal. After this time, the work will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license, by which the article must be credited to the Author and the Journal be credited as first place of publication. Beginning twelve (12) months after the article´s first publication, the Author is free to enter in seperate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the work as published in this journal. The Author is encouraged to post the work online (eg in institutional or subject repositories, or on their website) after the exclusivity period of twelve (12) months has expired, as it can lead to productive exchanges as well as a greater citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
