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grbs-14791	Scarborough, John	Theodora, Aetius of Amida, and Procopius: Some Possible Connections	2013	21	.pdf	application/pdf	8163	287	51	Scarb ————— Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 53 (2013) 742–762 2013 John Scarborough Theodora, Aetius of Amida, and Procopius: Some Possible Connections John Scarborough HEN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SOURCES speak of prostitutes’ expertise, they frequently address the question of how they managed to keep free from pregnancies. W JOHN SCARBOROUGH 743 ————— Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 53 (2013) 742–762 in terms of specific details, but the Anecdota does reflect the circumstances of the common profession of prostitution in sixth-century Byzantium.3 Moreover, Theodora emerged from the lowest class (a daughter of a bear keeper in the hippo- drome, so we are told, 9.2–3), whose young women often plied talents quite different from those of the higher ranks who might become learned in the Classics or in the finer points of man- aging a well-appointed household; and John of Ephesus, who mostly admired the empress and was writing independently of Procopius, admits that she came “from the brothel.”4	cache/grbs-14791.pdf	txt/grbs-14791.txt