Phryne and the Violence of the Exposed Body: A Tool for Women’s Liberation or an Instrument in Service of Men?
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https://doi.org/10.34624/fb.v0i21.41611Keywords:
Behaviour, Phryne, Hyperides, Trial, ViolenceAbstract
The present study aims to understand the reason behind the use of Phryne’s female body to obtain the defendant’s acquittal in the speech of Hyperides. Using the trial of the courtesan as a starting point, we will attempt to uncover, through behavioral analysis, what might have led to the inevitability of the act of nudity, and in turn, the reactions it triggered among the judges. Through an interdisciplinary approach, we propose a gender study that links the criminal act to the necessity of the display and reception of the image of this naked body. To what extent can this decision be considered a form of female liberation? Or, on the contrary, does it embody masculine ideals masked by the unpredictability attributed to the feminine?
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