Marek Wecowski

The Rise of the Greek Aristocratic Banquet

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Produktbeschreibung

Wecowski offers a comprehensive account of the origins of the symposion and its close relationship with the rise of the Greek city-state or polis. Held by Greek aristocrats from Homer to Alexander the Great, its distinctive feature was the importance of diverse cultural competitions among the guests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 143mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 729g
• ISBN-13: 9780199684014
• ISBN-10: 0199684014
• Artikelnr.: 39558237

Autorenporträt

Marek Wecowski is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Ancient History, University of Warsaw. His research interests include archaic Greek poetry, early Greek historiography, and archaic and classical Greek history.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Abbrieviations
Introduction
Part One: Defining the Symposion
1: Early Greek Aristocracy and the Symposion
2: Towards a definition of the symposion
Part Two: The Symposion and History
3: The Cup of Nestor, the Near East, and the Early Archaic Symposion
4: Homer, the 'Heroic Feast', and the Symposion
5: The Symposion and Archaeology till the Early 7th Century BC
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index