The rise of the Greek aristocratic banquet / Marek Wecowski.

In this book 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. Broadly defined as a culture-oriented aristocratic banquet, the symposion - which literally means 'drinking together' - was a noct...

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Main Author: Węcowski, Marek (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Corby : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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505 0 |a 1. Early Greek aristocracy and the symposion -- 2. Towards a definition of the symposion -- 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 up to the early seventh century BC -- 6. Conclusions and implications: The symposion, aristocracy, and the rise of the polis. 
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