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



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Autore: McClure Laura <1959-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Courtesans at table : gender and Greek literary culture in Athenaeus / / Laura K. McClure Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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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