Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
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

References
Contributors
Index

About the Author

Riemer A. Faber is a professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Waterloo.

Reviews

"Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy in the Hellenistic World offers a new and unparalleled contribution to Hellenistic studies: a fascinating expos� of multimedia self-promotion from Alexander the Great to Antony's Cleopatra. This interdisciplinary collection also demonstrates that the lives of the rich and famous, and oftentimes infamous, were as interesting to ancient audiences around a Mediterranean basin linked by efficient communication and international travel as they are to moderns tuned in to contemporary social media."--James J. Clauss, Department of Classics, University of Washington
"The scholarship is uniformly sound and the essays reflect the latest scholarship on their respective topics. The bibliographies are extensive and comprehensive."--Glenn Bugh, Department of History, Virginia Tech
"If celebrities are mirrors of society, we are in terrible shape. This volume suggests, however, that our misery has deep historical roots. Tracing the irrevocably powerful role fame and infamy assumed in the Hellenistic world, the studies assembled in this book reveal how ancient rulers immersed themselves in the quest for renown and reputation. Along the way, Hellenistic society produced some of the finest tabloid kings and queens of all times. Knowledgeable and entertaining, Riemer A. Faber's collection subtly reminds readers of the long cultural legacy at play each time they hit the 'follow' button."--Hans Beck, Department of Ancient History, Westf�lische Wilhelms-Universit�t, M�nster