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Autore: |
McClure Laura <1959-, >
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Titolo: |
Courtesans at table : gender and Greek literary culture in Athenaeus / / Laura K. McClure
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina: | 938/.509/082 |
938.509082 | |
Soggetto topico: | Women and literature - Greece - Athens |
Dinners and dining - Greece - Athens | |
Dinners and dining in literature | |
Soggetto geografico: | Athens (Greece) In literature |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Courtesans at table ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-315-81097-2 |
1-317-79414-1 | |
1-317-79415-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910808881303321 |
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