{"product_id":"phryne-of-thespiae-courtesan-muse-and-myth-paperback","title":"Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura McClure\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Phryne is considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during the fourth century BCE, there have been no modern attempts to reconstruct her life. It was not until the eighteenth century that artistic interest in her developed and her stories were continually reimagined and embellished. Artists and writers have recounted again and again how she served as the model for the Praxiteles' Cnidian Aphrodite, the first monumental female nude in Western art, and how the sight of her naked body won acquittal when she was prosecuted for impiety. However, she left no writings in her own words, and only a handful of fragments related to her have survived from her time. Until now, the primary evidence for her life comes down to us from texts composed hundreds of years after her death, all of them written by men, whose works reflect the changing tastes, experiences, and values of Greeks living under Roman rule. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhryne of Thespiae\u003c\/em\u003e offers a close analysis of the evidence for sexual labor in classical Athens to find parallels between Phyrne and other Greek courtesans. The result is an innovative biography that examines key moments of Phyrne's life that have been dismissed as male fantasies, arguing that many of them could have plausibly originated in historical events. The portrait that emerges is that of a powerful and socially consequential woman whose wealth and connections helped to shape the society in which she lived.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura McClure is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Literature Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her books include \u003cem\u003eSpoken Like a Woman: Speech and Gender in Athenian Drama\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCourtesans at Table: Gender and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWomen in Classical Antiquity: From Birth to Death\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9.28 x 6.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52467805684019,"sku":"9780197580851","price":66.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/T1Lc2QfwPO9780197580851.webp?v=1759344860","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/phryne-of-thespiae-courtesan-muse-and-myth-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}