The web of Athenaeus

1. Verfasser: Jacob, Christian, 1955-
Weitere Verfasser: Johnson, Scott Fitzgerald, 1976-
Papaconstantinou, Arietta
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University ; Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2013.
Umfang/Format: x, 139 p.
Schriftenreihe: Hellenic studies 61
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • On the art of planting cabbage
  • Banquet, symposium, library
  • Athenaeus is the father of this book
  • Banquet and symposion
  • An art of conviviality: Plutarch and Athenaeus
  • Larensius' circle
  • Writing the Symposium
  • Forms of collection
  • Accumulation and structure
  • Serving the dishes, quoting the texts: the unfolding of the banquet
  • How to speak at table?
  • Libraries and bibliophiles
  • Scholars' practices
  • Words and things
  • The deipnosophists as a text: genesis, uses
  • The web of Athenaeus: the art of weaving links
  • The epitome of the world
  • When a culture reflects on itself.