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The Learned Banqueters, Volume I: Books 1–3.106e

By Athenaeus
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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The Learned Banqueters by Athenaeus presents a lively depiction of Greek dinner parties featuring extensive quotations from classical Greek literature. Composed at the close of the second century CE, the work is both entertaining and an invaluable repository of excerpts from now-lost texts. It also offers detailed insights into ancient cuisines, musical entertainments, and the intellectual discussions that animated Greek social gatherings. This new edition by S. Douglas Olson renders the text in a reader-friendly format, enhancing access to these rich cultural details.
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Ideal for readers interested in classical literature, ancient culture, culinary history, and scholars seeking a comprehensive, accessible edition of Athenaeus's work.

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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 seven-volume Loeb Athenaeus, published under the title Deipnosophists.

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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Critics praise Olson's edition for its accessibility and faithfulness. Helen Morales in the Times Literary Supplement highlights the excellent translation and detailed references to modern editions, facilitating deeper study. J. L. Lightfoot commends this volume as a welcome re-evaluation and replacement of previous editions in Exemplaria Classica. The book is also deemed essential and excellent value for food historians by Petits Propos Culinaires.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674996205

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 January 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Illustration: Index

Contributors:

  • Edited and translated by S. Douglas Olson

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 108.0mm

Height: 162.0mm

Weight: 431g

Pages: 624

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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