Classical Inter/Faces

From Media Tarts to Tabloid Queens

By: Robert Garland

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Paperback | 22 September 2006 | Edition Number 1

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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!

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The media tart	p. 13
The royal icon	p. 25
The consummate populist	p. 39
The imperial superstar	p. 53
The sports star	p. 67
The celebrity guru	p. 79
The religious charismatic	p. 93
The showbiz star	p. 105
The sexually liberated female	p. 117
The tabloid queen	p. 131
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