CLOSENESS TO THE IDEA OF PROSTITUTION, FEMALE PROSTITUTE AND MALE PROSTITUTE IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

Abstract

The aim of this research is to get closer to the notion of prostitution, male prostitute, and female prostitute in
the Greco-Roman world, considering the different meanings that were given to these words, and also the
vision of many sources related to the topic. It is a comprehensive study about concepts and euphemistic and
disfemistic diversifications, which were given to the people who practiced sexual relationships. The results are
an opening to discussion and debate about prostitution and who practiced these acts, just like a deepening to a
social reality lived in the Greco-Roman world.