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The Learned Banqueters

The Learned Banqueters

Athenaeus of Naucratis
3.8/5 ( ratings)
In "The Learned Banqueters," Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as a treasury of quotations from works now lost. Athenaeus also preserves a wide range of information about different cuisines and foodstuffs; the music and entertainments that ornamented banquets; and the intellectual talk that was the heart of Greek conviviality. S. Douglas Olson has undertaken to produce a complete new edition of the work, replacing the previous seven-volume Loeb Athenaeus .
Language
English
Pages
592
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Release
January 01, 2007
ISBN
0674996216
ISBN 13
9780674996212

The Learned Banqueters

Athenaeus of Naucratis
3.8/5 ( ratings)
In "The Learned Banqueters," Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as a treasury of quotations from works now lost. Athenaeus also preserves a wide range of information about different cuisines and foodstuffs; the music and entertainments that ornamented banquets; and the intellectual talk that was the heart of Greek conviviality. S. Douglas Olson has undertaken to produce a complete new edition of the work, replacing the previous seven-volume Loeb Athenaeus .
Language
English
Pages
592
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Release
January 01, 2007
ISBN
0674996216
ISBN 13
9780674996212

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