Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy in the Hellenistic World / / ed. by Riemer Faber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Ager, Sheila L.,; Barbantani, Silvia,; De Callataÿ, François,; D’Agostini, Monica,; Faber, Riemer A.,; Fischer-Bovet, Christelle,; Fletcher, Judith,; Heckel, Waldemar,; Howe, Timothy,; Klooster, Jacqueline,
• HerausgeberIn: Faber, Riemer,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.) :; 41 b&w illustrations, 2 b&w tables

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 ruling elite carefully employed these means throughout the different Hellenistic kingdoms, and these essays demonstrate how they operated in the creation of social, political, and cultural values. 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Distinctives of Hellenistic Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy -- 1. Fama and Infamia: The Tale of Grypos and Tryphaina -- 2. Models of Virtue, Models of Poetry: The Quest for “Everlasting Fame” in Hellenistic Military Epitaphs -- 3. Can Powerful Women Be Popular? Amastris: Shaping a Persian Wife into a Famous Hellenistic Queen -- 4. Remelted or Overstruck: Cases of Monetary Damnatio Memoriae in Hellenistic Times? -- 5. Ptolemaic Officials and Officers in Search of Fame -- 6. Lemnian Infamy and Masculine Glory in Apollonios’ Argonautica -- 7. The “Good” Poros and the “Bad” Poros: Infamy and Honour in Alexander Historiography -- 8. Writing Monarchs of the Hellenistic Age: Renown, Fame, and Infamy -- 9. Creating Alexander: The “Official” History of Kallisthenes of Olynthos -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- PHOENIX SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES