The philosopher's banquet: Plutarch's "Table talk" in the intellectual culture of the Roman Empire
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
España peninsular
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 seve...
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- ISBN13 9780199588954
- ISBN10 0199588953
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 279
- Año de Edición 2011
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Tela
The philosopher's banquet: Plutarch's "Table talk" in the intellectual culture of the Roman Empire
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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 seve...
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
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.