The philosopher's Banquet
Subtitle: Plutarch's Table talk in the intellectual culture of the Roman Empire
By: edited by Frieda Klotz and Katerina Oikonomopoulou
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780199588954
Subjects: Table-talk; Early works to 1800; Philosophy; Quaestiones convivales; History
Description: A collection of essays on 'Plutarch's Table Talk', an influential Greek prose text which is a combination of philosophical dialogue and miscellany. The contributors offer a range of methodologically innovative and sophisticated readings of the work's literary form, themes, and cultural background.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-257) and index.