Celebrity in Antiquity: From Media Tarts to Tabloid Queens (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780715634486)

What sort of people were able to grab the attention of the public in the ancient world? How was celebrity achieved? What methods did people use to achieve it? Robert Garland turns the spotlight on the careers of some of the most successful and colourful self-promoters ever to have lived, including Alcibiades, Socrates, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Augustus, Jesus, Nero and Theodosia, and investigates the secrets of their success. He also looks at ways in which other highly talented individuals turned themselves into celebrities, including sports personalities, entertainers, philosophers, founders of new religions, and internationally renowned prostitutes. The reader may be forgiven for supposing that celebrity is a phenomenon that has no equivalent in antiquity. This book proves that it did!

Author: Robert Garland
ISBN-10: 0715634488
ISBN-13: 9780715634486
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2006
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.09w x 0.58d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 35