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1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations |
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OUP E-Books
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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 |
Summary |
According to legend, Aspasia of Miletus was a courtesan, the teacher of Socrates, and the political adviser of her lover Pericles. Next to Sappho and Cleopatra, she is the best known woman of the ancient Mediterranean. Yet continued uncritical reception of her depiction in Attic comedy and naive acceptance of Plutarch's account of her in his Life of Pericles prevent us from understanding who she was and what her contributions to Greek thought may have been. Madeleine Henry combines traditional philological and historical methods of analysis with feminist critical perspectives, in order to trac |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-193) and index |
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Print version record |
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Aspasia
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Pericles, 499-429 B.C
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Aspasia fast |
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Pericles, approximately 495 B.C.-429 B.C. fast |
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Mistresses -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography
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Women -- Political activity -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Mistresses
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Women -- Political activity
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Biografieën.
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Vrouwenfiguren.
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Griekse oudheid.
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Greece -- History -- Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057082
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Greece
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Greece -- Athens
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collective biographies.
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History
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Biographies
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
94001250 |
ISBN |
0585372462 |
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9780585372464 |
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