Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy in the Hellenistic World

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 ...

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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.

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Introduction: Distinctives of Hellenistic Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy
Riemer A. Faber
1. Fama and Infamia: The Tale of Grypos and Tryphaina
Sheila L. Ager
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List of Illustrations
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
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