Calling All Tax Paying Ladies of the Polis!

If you've ever entertained at a Symposium then this is the Blog for you!

Every day I'll be taking you through the ins and outs of (Gasp!) being a Hetaera in the big, bad city of Athens. If you're reading this from the courtyard of your husband's family home, then you have no idea what I'm talking about, but if you've been studying the fine art of entertaining men in Ancient Greece from 400 -300 B.C., then keep reading! Shoot Girl, You Know who you are!


Old School!

Old School!
Hetaera, Phintias Painter c. 510

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It's Just the Way it Goes, Gentlemen.


We all know that we don't charge everybody the same price for our companionship, right? Well, the men who supply us with our lifestyle aren't supposed to know that!

Last night at the symposium, some serious drama went down when Demosthenes offered Lais 1,000 drachmas to entertain him for the evening. Well, Lais took one look at him and jacked the price up to 10,000 before he knew what was happening. Of course he refused (the most I've seen exchange hands this year was 3,000 drachmas), so Lais said no. To add insult to injury, she was seen leaving the Symposium with Diogenes for FREE!


Sorry gentlemen, you did yourselves a disservice when you decreed we could set our own price.

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