Prisoner of history : Aspasia of Miletus and her biographical tradition /
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 acc...
| Основен автор: | Henry, Madeleine Mary, 1949- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=53347 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Prisoner of history. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-193) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0585372462 9780585372464 0195087127 9780195087123 160129963X 9781601299635 1280442328 9781280442322 |