| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; LVIII
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Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; 58.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Modern notions of celebrity, fame, and infamy reach back to the time of Homer's Iliad. During the Hellenistic period, in particular, the Greek understanding of fame became more widely known, and adapted, to accommodate or respond to non-Greek understandings of reputation in society and culture. This collection of essays illustrates the ways in which the characteristics of fame and infamy in the Hellenistic era distinguished themselves and how they were represented in diverse and unique ways throughout the Mediterranean. The means of recording fame and infamy included public art, literature, sculpture, coinage, and inscribed monuments. The authors examine the cultural means whereby fame and infamy entered social consciousness, and explore the nature and effect of this important and enduring sociological phenomenon."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Distinctives of Hellenistic Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy / Riemer A. Faber -- Fama and Infamia: The Tale of Grypos and Tryphaina / Sheila L. Ager -- Models of Virtue, Models of Poetry: The Quest for "Everlasting Fame" in Hellenistic Military Epitaphs / Silvia Barbantani -- Can Powerful Women Be Popular? Amastris: Shaping a Persian Wife into a Famous Hellenistic Queen / Monica D'Agostini -- Remelted or Overstruck: Cases of Monetary Damnatio Memoriae in Hellenistic Times? / François de Callataÿ -- Ptolemaic Officials and Officers in Search of Fame / Christelle Fischer-Bovet -- Lemnian Infamy and Masculine Glory in Apollonios' Argonautica / Judith Fletcher -- The "Good" Poros and the "Bad" Poros: Infamy and Honour in Alexander Historiography / Timothy Howe -- Writing Monarchs of the Hellenistic Age: Renown, Fame, and Infamy / Jacqueline Klooster -- Creating Alexander: The "Official" History of Kallisthenes of Olynthos / Waldemar Heckel. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fame -- History.
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Fame. |
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History. |
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Hellenism.
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Hellenism. |
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Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
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Greece. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
To 146 B.C |
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Mediterranean Region -- Civilization.
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Mediterranean Region. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. |
| Chronological Term |
To 146 B.C. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Faber, Riemer A., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Celebrity, fame, and infamy in the Hellenistic world. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2020 1487505221 9781487505226 (OCoLC)1127216169 |
| ISBN |
9781487531799 electronic book |
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1487531796 electronic book |
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9781487531782 electronic book |
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1487531788 electronic book |
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9781487505226 hardcover |
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1487505221 hardcover |
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