Advantage has been taken of the opportunity thus afforded carefully to revise the work and introduce some additional facts, bringing the history, of New York especially, to the present time. The chapters describing foreign prostitution are not claimed to be entirely original. They are compilations and condensations from every available source. It is believed that the authorities have been named in most cases where the ideas of others have been used; but, owing to the loss of all the original works, it is highly probable that in some instances this has been overlooked. Should the reader discover any omissions of this nature, he will be kind enough to understand that accident alone prevents the usual acknowledgements. W. W. S. Resident Physician's Office, Blackwell's Island, New York City, August 10th, 1858. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE JEWS. Prostitution coeval with Society.--Prostitutes in the Eighteenth Century B.C.--Tamar and Judah.--Legislation of Moses.--Syrian Women.--Rites of Moloch.--Groves.--Social Condition of Jewish Harlots.--Description by Solomon.--The Jews of Babylon. Page 35 CHAPTER II. EGYPT, SYRIA, AND ASIA MINOR. Egyptian Courtesans.--Festival of Bubastis.--Morals in Egypt.--Religious Prostitution in Chaldæa.--Babylonian Banquets.--Compulsory Prostitution in Phoenicia.--Persian Banquets. 40 CHAPTER III. GREECE. Mythology.--Solonian Legislation.--Dicteria.--Pisistratidæ.-- Lycurgus and Sparta.--Laws on Prostitution.--Case of Phryne.--Classes of Prostitutes.--Pornikon Telos.--Dress.-- Hair of Prostitutes.--The Dicteriades of Athens.--Abode and Manners.--Appearance of Dicteria.--Laws regulating Dicteria.--Schools of Prostitution.--Loose Prostitutes.--Old Prostitutes.--Auletrides, or Flute-players.--Origin.--How hired.--Performances.--Anecdote of Arcadians.--Price of Flute-players.--Festival of Venus Periboa.--Venus Callipyge.--Lesbian Love.--Lamia.--Hetairæ.--Social Standing.--Venus and her Temples.--Charms of Hetairæ.-- Thargelia.--Aspasia.--Hipparchia.--Bacchis.--Guathena and Guathenion.--Lais.--Phryne.--Pythionice.--Glycera.-- Leontium.--Other Hetairæ.--Biographers of Prostitutes.-- Philtres. 43 CHAPTER IV. ROME.