McClure Courtesans at Table

Gender and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-79414-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McClure, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 ONE Genres of Courtesans: Athenaeus and 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
Conclusion
CHAPTER TWO The Women Most Mentioned: The Names of Athenian Courtesans
The Problem of 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 THREE Parody and Subversion: The Witticisms of Courtesans
Flattery, Riddles, and Double Entendres
Hetaeras as Poets and Poets as Hetaeras
Sympotic Mocker
The Laughter of Hetaeras
The Chreia as a Literary Genre
Tragic Humor, Comic Obscenity
Philosophers and Courtesans /
Conclusion
CHAPTER FOUR

Über Autor(innen)

Laura K. McClure is Associate Professor of Classics and Chair of the Integrated Liberal Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has edited two essay collections on women and sexuality in ancient Greece, and has written a book on speech and gender in Greek drama.