04168oam 2200697I 450 991078789600332120200520144314.01-315-81097-21-317-79414-11-317-79415-X10.4324/9781315810973 (CKB)2670000000529177(EBL)1639275(SSID)ssj0001130724(PQKBManifestationID)12482974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001130724(PQKBWorkID)11141902(PQKB)10171942(OCoLC)878138690(MiAaPQ)EBC1639275(Au-PeEL)EBL1639275(CaPaEBR)ebr10843636(CaONFJC)MIL578041(OCoLC)871224539(OCoLC)897459184(FINmELB)ELB137390(EXLCZ)99267000000052917720180706e20132003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCourtesans at table gender and Greek literary culture in Athenaeus /Laura K. McClureLondon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (255 p.)First published 2003 by Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.0-415-93947-X 0-415-93946-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 HetaerasConclusionChapter 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 PerformanceStaging 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' DeipnosophistaeAppendix 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; IndexFirst published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Women and literatureGreeceAthensDinners and diningGreeceAthensDinners and dining in literatureAthens (Greece)In literatureWomen and literatureDinners and diningDinners and dining in literature.938/.509/082McClure Laura1959-,486401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787896003321Courtesans at table3839100UNINA