Phryne of Thespiae: courtesan, muse, and myth
"Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth is the first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct the life of an Athenian courtesan who lived and worked in fourth-century Athens. Although considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during this period, Phryne bec...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2024]
|
| Schriftenreihe: | Women in antiquity
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Zusammenfassung: | "Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth is the first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct the life of an Athenian courtesan who lived and worked in fourth-century Athens. Although considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during this period, Phryne became even more popular in the later literary tradition, which continually reimagined and embellished her stories. They recounted again and again how she served as the model for the Praxiteles' Cnidian Aphrodite, the first monumental female nude in Western art, and how the sight of her naked body won acquittal when she was prosecuted for impiety. But she left no writings in her own words and only a handful of fragments related to her have survived from her time. The primary evidence for her life comes down to us from texts composed hundreds of years after her death, all of them written by men, whose works reflect the changing tastes, experiences, and values of Greeks living under Roman rule. Through a close analysis of the evidence for Athenian sexual labor in classical Athens and drawing on parallels with other Greek courtesans, this book argues that key aspects of her biography, even those that have been dismissed as male fantasies, could have plausibly originated in historical events. The portrait that emerges is that of a powerful and socially consequential woman whose wealth and connections helped to shape the society in which she lived" |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 201 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780197580851 9780197580844 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV049896136 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 241008s2024 a||| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780197580851 |c pbk |9 978-0-19-758085-1 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780197580844 |c hbk |9 978-0-19-758084-4 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV049896136 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 | ||
| 084 | |a ALT |q DE-12 |2 fid | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a McClure, Laura |d 1959- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)124995128 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Phryne of Thespiae |b courtesan, muse, and myth |c Laura McClure |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY |b Oxford University Press |c [2024] | |
| 300 | |a xii, 201 Seiten |b Illustrationen |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a Women in antiquity | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Toward a biography of Phryne -- Her story, in quotations -- Precarious lives, unstable identities -- Sex and the ancient city -- Phryne's receptions in Greek art -- The prosecution of Phryne | |
| 520 | 3 | |a "Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth is the first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct the life of an Athenian courtesan who lived and worked in fourth-century Athens. Although considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during this period, Phryne became even more popular in the later literary tradition, which continually reimagined and embellished her stories. They recounted again and again how she served as the model for the Praxiteles' Cnidian Aphrodite, the first monumental female nude in Western art, and how the sight of her naked body won acquittal when she was prosecuted for impiety. But she left no writings in her own words and only a handful of fragments related to her have survived from her time. The primary evidence for her life comes down to us from texts composed hundreds of years after her death, all of them written by men, whose works reflect the changing tastes, experiences, and values of Greeks living under Roman rule. Through a close analysis of the evidence for Athenian sexual labor in classical Athens and drawing on parallels with other Greek courtesans, this book argues that key aspects of her biography, even those that have been dismissed as male fantasies, could have plausibly originated in historical events. The portrait that emerges is that of a powerful and socially consequential woman whose wealth and connections helped to shape the society in which she lived" | |
| 653 | 1 | |a Phrynē | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Women / Greece / Athens / Biography | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Courtesans / Greece / Athens / Biography | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Sex role / Greece / History / To 1500 | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Erscheint auch als |n Online-Ausgabe |z 978-0-19-758086-8 |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Erscheint auch als |n Online-Ausgabe |z 978-0-19-758087-5 |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Erscheint auch als |n Online-Ausgabe |z 978-0-19-758088-2 |
| 943 | 1 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-035235188 | |
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1812331955705872384 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | |
| any_adam_object | |
| author | McClure, Laura 1959- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)124995128 |
| author_facet | McClure, Laura 1959- |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | McClure, Laura 1959- |
| author_variant | l m lm |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV049896136 |
| contents | Toward a biography of Phryne -- Her story, in quotations -- Precarious lives, unstable identities -- Sex and the ancient city -- Phryne's receptions in Greek art -- The prosecution of Phryne |
| ctrlnum | (DE-599)BVBBV049896136 |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>00000nam a2200000 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV049896136</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">241008s2024 a||| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780197580851</subfield><subfield code="c">pbk</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-19-758085-1</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780197580844</subfield><subfield code="c">hbk</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-19-758084-4</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV049896136</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ALT</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="2">fid</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">McClure, Laura</subfield><subfield code="d">1959-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)124995128</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Phryne of Thespiae</subfield><subfield code="b">courtesan, muse, and myth</subfield><subfield code="c">Laura McClure</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">New York, NY</subfield><subfield code="b">Oxford University Press</subfield><subfield code="c">[2024]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xii, 201 Seiten</subfield><subfield code="b">Illustrationen</subfield><subfield code="c">24 cm</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Women in antiquity</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Toward a biography of Phryne -- Her story, in quotations -- Precarious lives, unstable identities -- Sex and the ancient city -- Phryne's receptions in Greek art -- The prosecution of Phryne</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">"Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth is the first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct the life of an Athenian courtesan who lived and worked in fourth-century Athens. Although considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during this period, Phryne became even more popular in the later literary tradition, which continually reimagined and embellished her stories. They recounted again and again how she served as the model for the Praxiteles' Cnidian Aphrodite, the first monumental female nude in Western art, and how the sight of her naked body won acquittal when she was prosecuted for impiety. But she left no writings in her own words and only a handful of fragments related to her have survived from her time. The primary evidence for her life comes down to us from texts composed hundreds of years after her death, all of them written by men, whose works reflect the changing tastes, experiences, and values of Greeks living under Roman rule. Through a close analysis of the evidence for Athenian sexual labor in classical Athens and drawing on parallels with other Greek courtesans, this book argues that key aspects of her biography, even those that have been dismissed as male fantasies, could have plausibly originated in historical events. The portrait that emerges is that of a powerful and socially consequential woman whose wealth and connections helped to shape the society in which she lived"</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Phrynē</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Women / Greece / Athens / Biography</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Courtesans / Greece / Athens / Biography</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Sex role / Greece / History / To 1500</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Erscheint auch als</subfield><subfield code="n">Online-Ausgabe</subfield><subfield code="z">978-0-19-758086-8</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Erscheint auch als</subfield><subfield code="n">Online-Ausgabe</subfield><subfield code="z">978-0-19-758087-5</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Erscheint auch als</subfield><subfield code="n">Online-Ausgabe</subfield><subfield code="z">978-0-19-758088-2</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="943" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-035235188</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV049896136 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-10-08T08:00:38Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9780197580851 9780197580844 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-035235188 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 |
| owner_facet | DE-12 |
| physical | xii, 201 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| publishDate | 2024 |
| publishDateSearch | 2024 |
| publishDateSort | 2024 |
| publisher | Oxford University Press |
| record_format | marc |
| series2 | Women in antiquity |
| spelling | McClure, Laura 1959- Verfasser (DE-588)124995128 aut Phryne of Thespiae courtesan, muse, and myth Laura McClure New York, NY Oxford University Press [2024] xii, 201 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Women in antiquity Toward a biography of Phryne -- Her story, in quotations -- Precarious lives, unstable identities -- Sex and the ancient city -- Phryne's receptions in Greek art -- The prosecution of Phryne "Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth is the first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct the life of an Athenian courtesan who lived and worked in fourth-century Athens. Although considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during this period, Phryne became even more popular in the later literary tradition, which continually reimagined and embellished her stories. They recounted again and again how she served as the model for the Praxiteles' Cnidian Aphrodite, the first monumental female nude in Western art, and how the sight of her naked body won acquittal when she was prosecuted for impiety. But she left no writings in her own words and only a handful of fragments related to her have survived from her time. The primary evidence for her life comes down to us from texts composed hundreds of years after her death, all of them written by men, whose works reflect the changing tastes, experiences, and values of Greeks living under Roman rule. Through a close analysis of the evidence for Athenian sexual labor in classical Athens and drawing on parallels with other Greek courtesans, this book argues that key aspects of her biography, even those that have been dismissed as male fantasies, could have plausibly originated in historical events. The portrait that emerges is that of a powerful and socially consequential woman whose wealth and connections helped to shape the society in which she lived" Phrynē Women / Greece / Athens / Biography Courtesans / Greece / Athens / Biography Sex role / Greece / History / To 1500 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-19-758086-8 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-19-758087-5 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-19-758088-2 |
| spellingShingle | McClure, Laura 1959- Phryne of Thespiae courtesan, muse, and myth Toward a biography of Phryne -- Her story, in quotations -- Precarious lives, unstable identities -- Sex and the ancient city -- Phryne's receptions in Greek art -- The prosecution of Phryne |
| title | Phryne of Thespiae courtesan, muse, and myth |
| title_auth | Phryne of Thespiae courtesan, muse, and myth |
| title_exact_search | Phryne of Thespiae courtesan, muse, and myth |
| title_full | Phryne of Thespiae courtesan, muse, and myth Laura McClure |
| title_fullStr | Phryne of Thespiae courtesan, muse, and myth Laura McClure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phryne of Thespiae courtesan, muse, and myth Laura McClure |
| title_short | Phryne of Thespiae |
| title_sort | phryne of thespiae courtesan muse and myth |
| title_sub | courtesan, muse, and myth |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mcclurelaura phryneofthespiaecourtesanmuseandmyth |