Courtesans at table : gender and Greek literary culture in Athenaeus / / Laura K. McClure

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463985203321
• Autore: McClure Laura <1959-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-315-81097-2; 1-317-79414-1; 1-317-79415-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 938/.509/082
• Soggetti: Women and literature - Greece - Athens; Dinners and dining - Greece - Athens; Dinners and dining in literature; Electronic books.; Athens (Greece) In literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2003 by Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Abbreviations; Introduction; The Courtesan as Fetish; Ancient Greek Terms for Prostitutes; Distinguishing the Hetaera from the Porne; The Pallake; The Auletris and Other Female Entertainers; The Eromene; Conclusion; Chapter 1 Genres of Courtesans: Athenaeus and Literary Nostalgia; Athenaeus and the Literary Symposium; Genres of Courtesans: Athenaeus and the Literary Quotation; Book 13 and the Discourse on Hetaeras; Cynulcus' Invective against Hetaeras; Myrtilus' Encomium of Hetaeras; ConclusionChapter 2 The Women Most Mentioned: The Names of Athenian Courtesans; The Problem with Names; The Names of Athenian Women; Attic Identity, Foreign Birth; The Names of Hetaeras; The Names of Slaves; The Use of the Metronymic; Conclusion; Chapter 3 The Witticisms of Courtesans and Attic Paideia; Flattery, Riddles, and Double-Entendres; Hetaeras as Poets and Poets as Hetaeras; Sympotic Mockery; The Laughter of Hetaeras; The Chreia as a Literary Genre; Tragic Humor, Comic Obscenity; Philosophers and Courtesans; ; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The Spectacle of the Body: Courtesans in Performance; Staging the Female BodyCynulcus' Praise of Brothels; Metaphors of the Body; Performing the Hetaera; The Movements of Hetaeras; The Hetaera and Epideixis; The Courtesan as Model: Phryne and her Statues; The Rhetoric of the Body: Phryne's Trial; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Temples and Mirrors: The Dedications of Hetaeras; Hetaeras and the Worship of Aphrodite; Narratives of Transgression; Funerary Monuments; Dedications; Narratives of Benefaction; Tools of the Trade: Anathematic Epigrams; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Conclusion; Appendix I List of Authors and Titles in Book 13 of Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae; Appendix II Narrative Structure of Book 13 of Athenaeus' DeipnosophistaeAppendix III Named Courtesans and Prostitutes in Book 13 of Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae; Appendix IV Courtesans and their Lovers in Book 13 of Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.