A brief history of the Courtesan

[admin tim]

http://www.icqurimage.com/Magazine/courtesan.html

Sorry kids; ADULTS ONLY

[ferret]

Excellent! Thanks Timbo xx Christmas card material there!!!!

[admin tim]

Now here's some history that you likely won't hear in class:

Phryne was the subject of one of the most famous trials of ancient Greece, accused of “introducing false gods”. Legend has it that her consort Hyperides defended her, and, failing to make an impact with the jurors reached over to expose her breasts. This according to legend inspired the jurors with “religious awe" and she was acquitted.

was the subject of one of the most famous trials of ancient Greece

[ferret]

He he nothing like a bit of 'religious awe'!!!!!:bowdown:

[Currerbell]

Cora Pearl and Nell Gwynne are my fave, oh and Monroe, tho I dont see her as a courtesan

Cora apparantly spent £18,000 on underwear from Paris...what girl wouldnt????!!!!:eyebrows:

[The Red Dahlia]

Courtesan sounds much better than prostitute or whore don't u think?
It conjures up a more romantic, mysterious individual. Like Mata Hari
" Le femme dangereuse" :}
The Red Dahlia x

[Nemo]

Earlier, I was reading an account of a visit to a brothel in which the girls were referred to as "nurses"