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Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death

The Hellenistic Dynasties
Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2023
Classical Press of Wales (Verlag)
978-1-914535-38-3 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
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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 new enhanced and revised edition of a major 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
Zusatzinfo 10 bw illus
Verlagsort Swansea
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Altertum / Antike
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-914535-38-3 / 1914535383
ISBN-13 978-1-914535-38-3 / 9781914535383
Zustand Neuware
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