“We have courtesans for the sake of pleasure," says Demosthenes, "concubines for

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• JAprufrock

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  5 years ago

  "I just want to eat pussy and fondle tities." -- Prufrock, J.A., c. 2019 AD
• Icey

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  5 years ago

  "I just wanna fuck a stripper hoes and live my best life" - Icey Loco
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  5 years ago

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• FTS

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  5 years ago

  What's the difference between courtesan and concubine?
• twentyfive

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  5 years ago

  ^ A courtesan is generally a free woman, a concubine is generally considered to be a slave.
• skibum609

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  5 years ago

  Same as the difference between a prostitute and a geisha.
• FTS

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  5 years ago

  So, does that quote imply that courtesan > concubine > wife?
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Plato did not keep courtesans, but Aristotle did.
  
  Hetaira, the highest grade and most prized, and the best for public appearances. Highly intelligent and able to converse about anything.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetaira
  
  In that time, the best were coming from Miletus. Not really being Greeks, they would not be desired for marriage to Greeks.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miletus
  
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  SJG
• JAprufrock

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  5 years ago

  ^^^^Fuck Plato! And screw Aristotle!
• Icey

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  5 years ago

  I like the Socratic method though
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  ^^^^^^^^^^ Missed your time JAprufrock. In Ancient Greece male homosexuality was the norm.
  
  SJG
  
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