Description
Book SynopsisModern 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 imp
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Distinctives of Hellenistic Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy Riemer A. Faber 1. Fama and Infamia: The Tale of Grypos and Tryphaina Sheila L. Ager 2. Models of Virtue, Models of Poetry: The Quest for “Everlasting Fame” in Hellenistic Military Epitaphs Silvia Barbantani 3. Can Powerful Women be Popular? Amastris: Shaping a Persian Wife into a Famous Hellenistic Queen Monica D’Agostini 4. Remelted or Overstruck: Cases of Monetary Damnatio Memoriae in Hellenistic Times François de Callataÿ 5. Ptolemaic Officials and Officers in Search of Fame Christelle Fischer-Bovet 6. Lemnian Infamy and Masculine Glory in Apollonios’ Argonautica Judith Fletcher 7. The “Good” Poros and the “Bad” Poros: Infamy and Honour in Alexander Historiography Timothy Howe 8. Writing Monarchs of the Hellenistic Age: Renown, Fame, and Infamy Jacqueline Klooster 9. Creating Alexander: The “Official” History of Kallisthenes of Olynthos Waldemar Heckel References Contributors Index
