| The Learned Banqueters, Volume IV: Books 8-10.420e Contributor(s): Athenaeus (Author), Olson, S. Douglas (Editor), Olson, S. Douglas (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674996267 ISBN-13: 9780674996267 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: In "The Learned Banqueters," Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century CE) 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 Loeb Athenaeus (published under the title "Deipnosophists"). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 888.01 |
| LCCN: 2006041321 |
| Series: Loeb Classical Library |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 4.44" W x 6.65" (0.81 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Learned Banqueters, Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century CE) 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 Loeb Athenaeus (published under the title Deipnosophists). |
Contributor Bio(s): Olson, S. Douglas: - S. Douglas Olson is Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota. |