Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death

Daniel Ogden (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

373 Seiten

2023 | Second Edition
Classical Press of Wales (Verlag)
978-1-914535-38-3 (ISBN)

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The hellenistic royal families, from Alexander the Great to the last Cleopatra, took part in dynastic in-fighting that was vicious, colourful and instructive. In this they anticipated by centuries the better-known excesses under Roman potentates such as Claudius and Nero. This major new study explores the intricate quarrels and violence within the ruling hellenistic families. A main theme is the role of 'amphimetric' disputes, competition between a ruler's offspring from different women, and especially between the women themselves. The book also includes a full exploration of the role of courtesans in the political and sexual intrigues of the hellenistic courts.

Daniel Ogden is Professor of Ancient History in the University of Exeter, after teaching in Swansea between 1991 and 2003. With the Classical Press of Wales he has also published Aristomenes of Messene (2003); In Search of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice: The Traditional Tales of Lucian’s Lover of Lies (2007); and, as editor, The Hellenistic World: New Perspectives (2002).

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Argument
Part I. Polygamy and Death in the Macedonian and Hellenistic Courts
1. Argead Macedon
2. Alexander
3. Cassander and Lysimachus
4. The Ptolemies
5. The Seleucids
6. The Antigonids
7. The Attalids
Part II. Hellenistic Royal Courtesans
8. Methodology and Evidence
9. Status and Career
10. Courtesans at Work
Part III. Supplement for the Second Edition
11. A Quarter of a Century of Polygamy
Appendix 1. Women's Quarters in Hellenistic Royal Palaces
Appendix 2. Repertorium of Sources for Hellenistic Royal Courtesans
Appendix 3. King Lists of the Argead and Hellenistic Dynasties
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.10.2023
Reihe/Serie	The Hellenistic World
Verlagsort	Swansea
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	682 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-914535-38-3 / 1914535383
ISBN-13	978-1-914535-38-3 / 9781914535383
Zustand	Neuware