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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794171403321

Titolo

Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy in the Hellenistic World / / Riemer Faber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-4875-3179-6

1-4875-3178-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 pages)

Collana

Phoenix Supplementary Volumes

Classificazione

NH 6400

Disciplina

306.4

Soggetti

Hellenism

History

Electronic books.

Mediterranean Region

Greece

Mediterranee, Region de la Civilisation

Grece Civilisation Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C

Mediterranean Region Civilization

Greece Civilization To 146 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Distinctives of Hellenistic Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy / Riemer A. Faber -- Fama and Infamia: The Tale of Grypos and Tryphaina / Sheila L. Ager -- Models of Virtue, Models of Poetry: The Quest for "Everlasting Fame" in Hellenistic Military Epitaphs / Silvia Barbantani -- Can Powerful Women Be Popular? Amastris: Shaping a Persian Wife into a Famous Hellenistic Queen / Monica D'Agostini -- Remelted or Overstruck: Cases of Monetary Damnatio Memoriae in Hellenistic Times? / François de Callataÿ -- Ptolemaic Officials and Officers in Search of Fame / Christelle Fischer-Bovet -- Lemnian Infamy and Masculine Glory in Apollonios' Argonautica / Judith Fletcher -- The "Good" Poros and the "Bad" Poros: Infamy and Honour in Alexander Historiography / Timothy Howe -- Writing Monarchs of the Hellenistic Age: Renown, Fame, and Infamy / Jacqueline Klooster -- Creating



Alexander: The "Official" History of Kallisthenes of Olynthos / Waldemar Heckel.

Sommario/riassunto

"Modern notions of celebrity, fame, and infamy reach back to the time of Homer's Iliad. During the Hellenistic period, in particular, the Greek understanding of fame became more widely known, and adapted, to accommodate or respond to non-Greek understandings of reputation in society and culture. This collection of essays illustrates the ways in which the characteristics of fame and infamy in the Hellenistic era distinguished themselves and how they were represented in diverse and unique ways throughout the Mediterranean. The means of recording fame and infamy included public art, literature, sculpture, coinage, and inscribed monuments. The authors examine the cultural means whereby fame and infamy entered social consciousness, and explore the nature and effect of this important and enduring sociological phenomenon."--