The Philosopher's Banquet
Plutarch's Table Talk in the Intellectual Culture of the Roman Empire
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2011
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-958895-4 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-958895-4 (ISBN)
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A collection of essays on Plutarch's Table Talk, an influential Greek prose text which is a combination of philosophical dialogue (in the style of Plato's Symposium) and miscellany. The contributors offer a range of methodologically innovative and sophisticated readings of the work's literary form, themes, and cultural background.
The Philosopher's Banquet is the first sustained study of Plutarch's Table Talk, a Greek prose text which is a combination of philosophical dialogue (in the style of Plato's Symposium) and miscellany. The form of Table Talk was imitated by several later Greek and Roman imperial authors (such as Aulus Gellius, Athenaeus, and Macrobius), making it a vital part of the early Roman Empire's literary and cultural history. Similarly, the great variety of its contents links it with a broader imperial cultural trend, that of systematizing knowledge, which features increasingly prominently as a subject of scholarly study in both classics and the history of science. The contributors to The Philosopher's Banquet offer a range of methodologically innovative and sophisticated readings of Table Talk's literary form, themes, cultural background, and influence.
The Philosopher's Banquet is the first sustained study of Plutarch's Table Talk, a Greek prose text which is a combination of philosophical dialogue (in the style of Plato's Symposium) and miscellany. The form of Table Talk was imitated by several later Greek and Roman imperial authors (such as Aulus Gellius, Athenaeus, and Macrobius), making it a vital part of the early Roman Empire's literary and cultural history. Similarly, the great variety of its contents links it with a broader imperial cultural trend, that of systematizing knowledge, which features increasingly prominently as a subject of scholarly study in both classics and the history of science. The contributors to The Philosopher's Banquet offer a range of methodologically innovative and sophisticated readings of Table Talk's literary form, themes, cultural background, and influence.
Frieda Klotz is a Freelance journalist. Katerina Oikonomopoulou is Leverhulme Research Fellow, School of Classics, University of St Andrews.
I. TRADITIONS; II. TOPICS AND THEMES; III. VOICE AND AUTHORITY; IV. CONTRADICTIONS
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.10.2011 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 218 mm |
| Gewicht | 506 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-958895-3 / 0199588953 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-958895-4 / 9780199588954 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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