courtesan
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Lucian of Samosata achieved a brilliant success with his ironic dialogues "Of the Gods," "Of the Dead," "Of Love" and "Of the Courtesans."
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
Courtesans were the priestesses in her temples, and those of Corinth were believed by their prayers to have averted calamities from their city.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Courtesans sometimes immolated themselves in the service of the goddess.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
A scholiast on Lucian's Dialogues of Courtesans let out the secret in a much later age.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
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