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Prostitution: First publicly administered
Solon, the law-giver, introduced the first publicly administered brothel in the Athens of 550
B.C. The brothel,
soon copied in nearby cities, was run by slaves; and the inmates were also slaves. the lowest
class of Greek
prostitute. From the taxes collected from the licensed brothels (Dicteria), Solon built a temple
to the Goddess
Aphrodite. There is a passage in Athenaeus to show the gratitude of the citizens for Solon's
wisdom in
establishing a brothel which would give an outlet to lustful impulse without endangering the
social order-
"Solon, you were a true benefactor of humanity, for our city is full of young men with
exuberant passions that
might spur them on to criminal excesses. However, you bought women, provided them with
everything they
might need, and put them in places where they would be available to all who wanted them.
They are as nature
made them; no surprises, everything on view! Isn't that something? To open the door, all you
need is an obolus.
Have a go- no false modesty or coyness, no fear that they'll run away. You can have it now if
you want it, and
whatever way you like it...
These fillies to Cypris, built for sport, stand in a row one behind the other their dresses
sufficiently undone to let
all the charms of nature be seen, like the nymphs nurtured by the Eridanus in its pure waters.
For a few pence,
you can purchase a moment of bliss with no risks attached...
There are thin ones, thick ones, round ones, tall ones, curved ones; young, old,
middle-aged, mature as you wish
- yours for the taking, and you don't need to bring along a ladder or sneak in through a hole in
the roof ... If you
are old they'll call you "Daddy" if you are young it will be "little brother." At any rate there
they are where anyone
can have them without fear, day or night... "
From The Illustrated Book of Sexual Records.
© 1974, 1982, 1997-2001 G.L. Simons
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