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Matronymics at Work : Female Succession Techniques in Lucian’s Dialogi meretricii and Some Early Thecla Literature
La Valle Norman, Dawn
La Valle Norman, Dawn
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Abstract
Using a matronymic alone was highly unusual in the ancient world. Gathering evidence from three texts from the second and third centuries CE from across confessional divides, I argue that it was a technique to express succession lines in certain female professions—there were simply very few of these in the ancient world. Two works of literature featuring the character of Thecla (the anonymous Act of Paul and Thecla and Methodius of Olympus’ Symposium) and Lucian’s Dialogues of the Courtesans show a persistent concern with professional bonds naturalized into mother-daughter relationships.
Keywords
matronymic, Thecla, Lucian
Date
2024
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Journal article
Journal
Classical Philology
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Volume
119
Issue
3
Page Range
398-420
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Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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Published as green open access
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Author's Accepted Manuscript © Dawn LaValle Norman, 2024.
This research was supported by the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Research Award, “The Female Voice in Ancient Philosophical Dialogues (DE220100854).
Publisher's version © 2024 The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.
This research was supported by the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Research Award, “The Female Voice in Ancient Philosophical Dialogues (DE220100854).
Publisher's version © 2024 The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.