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Introduction: Distinctives of Hellenistic Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy
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Riemer A. Faber
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- List of Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Abbreviations xi
- Introduction: Distinctives of Hellenistic Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy 1
- 1. Fama and Infamia: The Tale of Grypos and Tryphaina 18
- 2. Models of Virtue, Models of Poetry: The Quest for “Everlasting Fame” in Hellenistic Military Epitaphs 37
- 3. Can Powerful Women Be Popular? Amastris: Shaping a Persian Wife into a Famous Hellenistic Queen 70
- 4. Remelted or Overstruck: Cases of Monetary Damnatio Memoriae in Hellenistic Times? 90
- 5. Ptolemaic Officials and Officers in Search of Fame 111
- 6. Lemnian Infamy and Masculine Glory in Apollonios’ Argonautica 135
- 7. The “Good” Poros and the “Bad” Poros: Infamy and Honour in Alexander Historiography 156
- 8. Writing Monarchs of the Hellenistic Age: Renown, Fame, and Infamy 172
- 9. Creating Alexander: The “Official” History of Kallisthenes of Olynthos 199
- References 217
- Contributors 245
- Index 249
- PHOENIX SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES 261
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- List of Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Abbreviations xi
- Introduction: Distinctives of Hellenistic Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy 1
- 1. Fama and Infamia: The Tale of Grypos and Tryphaina 18
- 2. Models of Virtue, Models of Poetry: The Quest for “Everlasting Fame” in Hellenistic Military Epitaphs 37
- 3. Can Powerful Women Be Popular? Amastris: Shaping a Persian Wife into a Famous Hellenistic Queen 70
- 4. Remelted or Overstruck: Cases of Monetary Damnatio Memoriae in Hellenistic Times? 90
- 5. Ptolemaic Officials and Officers in Search of Fame 111
- 6. Lemnian Infamy and Masculine Glory in Apollonios’ Argonautica 135
- 7. The “Good” Poros and the “Bad” Poros: Infamy and Honour in Alexander Historiography 156
- 8. Writing Monarchs of the Hellenistic Age: Renown, Fame, and Infamy 172
- 9. Creating Alexander: The “Official” History of Kallisthenes of Olynthos 199
- References 217
- Contributors 245
- Index 249
- PHOENIX SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES 261
