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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Marek Wecowski (Assistant Professor, Department of Ancient History, Institute of History, University of Warsaw)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.724kg ISBN: 9780199684014ISBN 10: 0199684014 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 20 February 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface 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 IndexReviewsan important contribution to a growing body of revisionist scholarship on the symposium ... The Rise of the Greek Aristocratic Banquet, with its wide-ranging new reading of the origins of the symposium and its thought-provoking interpretation of the dynamics of the early Greek community, will surely inspire many more such discussions. Adam Rabinowitz, Bryn Mawr Classical Review [a] welcome book ... It offers analysis and insight on far more than the title might suggest ... it represents an important stream in scholarship on ancient history that combines the use of texts, objects, public architecture, and tombs. The subject is of interest to all scholars of Dark Age through Classical-period Greece, and it is accessible to students at and above the advanced undergraduate level. Anyone who wants to be informed and to think deeply about this defining institution for Archaic- and Classical-period Greece must read this book. Ann Steiner, American Journal of Archaeology a rich and thought-provoking study that raises questions about the very definition of the symposion. Fiona Hobden, Sehepunkte an important contribution to a growing body of revisionist scholarship on the symposium ... The Rise of the Greek Aristocratic Banquet, with its wide-ranging new reading of the origins of the symposium and its thought-provoking interpretation of the dynamics of the early Greek community, will surely inspire many more such discussions. Adam Rabinowitz, Bryn Mawr Classical Review [a] welcome book ... It offers analysis and insight on far more than the title might suggest ... it represents an important stream in scholarship on ancient history that combines the use of texts, objects, public architecture, and tombs. The subject is of interest to all scholars of Dark Age through Classical-period Greece, and it is accessible to students at and above the advanced undergraduate level. Anyone who wants to be informed and to think deeply about this defining institution for Archaic- and Classical-period Greece must read this book. Ann Steiner, American Journal of Archaeology an important contribution to a growing body of revisionist scholarship on the symposium ... The Rise of the Greek Aristocratic Banquet, with its wide-ranging new reading of the origins of the symposium and its thought-provoking interpretation of the dynamics of the early Greek community, will surely inspire many more such discussions. Adam Rabinowitz, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationMarek 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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