Nikarete of Corinth

Nikarete was a madam from Corinth who lived in the 5th and 4th centuries BC.

Nikarete operating a "better" establishment in Corinth, a city that was famous in antiquity for its flourishing prostitution industry. This is evidenced in the literature handed verb korinthiazein, which can be roughly translated as " (around) whoring ". She bought in the slave market of Corinth young girls and made ​​these slaves out to courtesans, to let them finally work for you. Nikarete gave at least some of these girls than her daughter and cared for the "training" for prostitutes. Due to the given kinship higher prices for the services of the courtesans were probably obtained because free women were usually sought after. The most famous courtesan Nikaretes was Neaira she bought with six other girls and all seven spent as biological daughters. There is still next to the presumption that Nikarete possibly was not a real person but a fictional character from several people ( Neaira or Nikarete from Megara ) developed or simply an interpretation or tradition error.

• Woman
• Greek ( Ancient )
• Courtesan
• Born in the 5th century BC
• Died in the 4th century BC