Introduction: Toward a Biography of Phryne | Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth (2024)

Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth

Laura McClure

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2024

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9780197580882

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McClure, Laura, 'Introduction: Toward a Biography of Phryne', Phryne of Thespiae: Courtesan, Muse, and Myth (New York, NY, 2024; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 July 2024), https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197580882.003.0001, accessed 15 July 2024.

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The introduction examines post-classical representations of Phryne to show how nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artists refashioned her into an icon for their own age, as a harbinger of alternative sexualities, new representational modes, and diverse Hellenisms. By examining the uses of Phryne in the modern era, the chapter illustrates the challenges implicit in separating fantasy from fact in all of the accounts of the hetaera from antiquity onward. It argues that Phryne’s signature characteristic is her ability to elude definition, to be continually re-imagined and transformed in ways that reflect shifting historical realities and values.

Keywords: Jean-Léon Gérôme, decadent Hellenism, Phryne before the Areopagus, Angelica Kauffmann, popular culture, courtisane, cultural icon

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Classical Literature Classical Reception Ancient Greek History Social History

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