Prisoner of History Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical Tradition

Name: Prisoner of History Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical Tradition
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ISBN: 9780195087123

ISBN-10: 0195087127

ISBN-13: 9780195087123

Edition: 1995

Authors: Madeleine M. Henry

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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 trace the construction of Aspasia's biographical tradition from ancient times to the present. Through…

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List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/20/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 8.86" wide x 5.79" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Aspasia in Greek History



The Story Told by Comedy



Aspasia and the Socratic Tradition


Conclusion



The Sargasso Sea: Aspasia and the Discourse on Prostitutes in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Antique Periods



Aspasia in the Postclassical West


Afterword


Notes


Bibliography


Index