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The Learned Banqueters, Volume IV: Books 8–10.420e

By Athenaeus
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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The Learned Banqueters, by Athenaeus, offers a lively depiction of ancient Greek dinner parties where guests engage in erudite conversation and recite extensive quotations from Greek literature. Dating from the late second century CE, this work is invaluable for preserving snippets from many lost texts, alongside fascinating details about historical cuisines, entertainment, and social customs.
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This edition will appeal to readers interested in classical literature, ancient cultures, and gastronomy. It suits academics, students, and enthusiasts of Greek history seeking a comprehensive and approachable exploration of classical banquet culture.

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A series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information about Greek culture.

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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, which was published under the title Deipnosophists.

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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Helen Morales of the Times Literary Supplement praises S. Douglas Olson's new edition for its reader-friendly approach, clear citations to modern editions, and a translation that effectively conveys the diverse tones of the original authors. The edition is commended for making the text accessible while maintaining scholarly rigour.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674996267

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 May 2008

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Illustration: Index

Contributors:

  • Edited and translated by S. Douglas Olson

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 108.0mm

Height: 162.0mm

Weight: 386g

Pages: 512

Collections

Ancient & Classical History Arts & Culture Athenaeus Biography & Memoir European History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Series: Loeb Classical Library

About the Author

S. Douglas Olson is Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota.

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