Prisoner of history : Aspasia of Miletus and her biographical tradition / Madeleine M. Henry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henry, Madeleine Mary, 1949- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aspasia.

Pericles, ca. 495-429 B.C.

Mistresses--Greece--Athens--Biography.

Mistresses.

Women--Political activity--Greece--Athens--Biography.

Women.

Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.

Greece.

Local Subjects:

Aspasia.

Pericles, ca. 495-429 B.C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aspasia of Miletus, next to Sappho and Cleopatra, is one of the best known women of the classical world. This study traces the construction of Aspasia's biographical tradition and shows how it has prevented her from taking her rightful place as a contributor to the ancient world.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Aspasia in Greek History; 2. The Story Told by Comedy; 3. Aspasia and the Socratic Tradition; 4. The Sargasso Sea: Aspasia and the Discourse on Prostitutes in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Antique Periods; 5. Aspasia in the Postclassical West; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Bibliography: p177-193. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770500-6

1-280-44232-8

0-19-535865-1

1-60129-963-X

OCLC:

191038182