![]() ![]() She ended up as a prostitute in Pompeii and works at the Wolf Den with four other women. ![]() The novel follows the point of view of Amara, a Greek woman born into a middle-class family, who had to be sold after her father died. The term lupanar could mean both brothel or wolf den, and the term lupa could be used for both a she-wolf or a prostitute. The Wolf Den is a novel by Elodie Harper which is set in Pompeii in the 1st century CE in Pompeii’s lupanar which is the brothel of the ancient city. This book intertwines graffiti found at Pompeii and ancient writings of Pliny and Ovid into a rich story about the harsh reality of women's lives in the ancient world. The novel follows the point of view of Amara, a Greek woman born into a middle-class family who ended up as a prostitute in Pompeii and works at the Wolf Den with four other women. The Wolf Den is a novel by Elodie Harper which is set in Pompeii in the 1st century CE. ![]()
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