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Courtesans at Table : Gender and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus by Laura McClure (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100415939461

ISBN-139780415939461

eBay Product ID (ePID)2345286

Product Key Features

Number of Pages254 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCourtesans at Table : Gender and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus

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

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.3 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