Women of the Wolf Den: Sex Workers of Pompeii (With Elodie Harper)
Elodie Harper, bestselling author of The Wolf Den, joins us to discuss the realities of sex workers' lives in Pompeii--just before the eruption of Vesuvius.
Ancient History Fangirl · Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy
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Show Notes
The Lupanar, or “Wolf Den,” is the infamous brothel of Pompeii. Elodie Harper’s bestselling novel follows the lives of the sex workers who lived and worked there—their passions, their heartbreaks, and the tightly-knit community they built for themselves.
Today, we’ve invited Elodie on the show to talk about the realities of sex workers’ lives in the Wolf Den—and how sex work was practiced in Pompeii near the time of the Vesuvius eruption.
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