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Courtesans at Table : Gender and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus by Laura McClure (2003, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-10041593947X
ISBN-139780415939478
eBay Product ID (ePID)28038420339
Product Key Features
Number of Pages254 Pages
Publication NameCourtesans at Table : Gender and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedia Studies, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Ancient / Greece, Women's Studies, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
AuthorLaura Mcclure
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, History
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2003-013105
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal938/.509/082
Table Of ContentTABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONThe Courtesan as Fetish / Ancient Greek Terms for ProstitutesDistinguishing the Hetaera from the PorneThe PallakeThe Auletris and Other Female EntertainersThe EromeneConclusionCHAPTER ONE Genres of Courtesans: Athenaeus and NostalgiaAthenaeus and the Literary SymposiumGenres of Courtesans: Athenaeus and the Literary QuotationBook 13 and the Discourse on HetaerasCynulcus' Invective against HetaerasMyrtilus' Encomium of HetaerasConclusionCHAPTER TWO The Women Most Mentioned: The Names of Athenian CourtesansThe Problem of NamesThe Names of Athenian Women/ Attic Identity, Foreign BirthThe Names of HetaerasThe Names of SlavesThe Use of the MetronymicConclusionCHAPTER THREE Parody and Subversion: The Witticisms of CourtesansFlattery, Riddles, and Double EntendresHetaeras as Poets and Poets as HetaerasSympotic MockerThe Laughter of HetaerasThe Chreia as a Literary GenreTragic Humor, Comic ObscenityPhilosophers and Courtesans /ConclusionCHAPTER FOUR
SynopsisWitty nicknames, crude jokes, public nudity and lavish monuments, all of these things distinguished Greek courtesans from respectable citizen women in ancient Greece. Although prostitutes appear as early as archaic Greek lyric poetry, our fullest accounts come from the late second century CE. Drawing on Book 13 of the Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae--which contains almost all known references to hetaeras from all periods of Greek literature--Laura K. McClure has created a window onto the ways ancient Greeks perceived the courtesan and the role of the courtesan in Greek life.
LC Classification NumberPA3937.M26 2003
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