Sympotica: A Symposium on the Symposion

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Oswyn Murray
Clarendon Press, 1994 - History - 351 pages
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The symposion or male drinking group of archaic and classical Greece was an institution whose influence can be detected in many areas of ancient Greek life, from politics and warfare, to painted pottery and poetry, to sexual attitudes and conceptions of pleasure. This is the first book to be published on the symposion as a whole. The papers discuss a wide range of topics from the importance of Greek drinking customs to anthropology, archaeology, art history, literary studies, history, and philosophy. In addition, Murray includes a useful historical introduction to the field of sympotic studies and a general bibliography.

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Contents

Sympotic History
3
A Functional Aspect of Greek DiningRooms
37
Dining in Round Buildings
66
Copyright

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About the author (1994)

Oswyn Murray is the editor (along with Jasper Griffin and John Boardman) of The Oxford History of the Classical World, and (with Simon Price) of The Greek City from Homer to Alexander (Clarendon Paperbacks). He has also published Early Greece with Fontana (1980).

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TitleSympotica: A Symposium on the Symposion
Clarendon Paperbacks Series
EditorOswyn Murray
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherClarendon Press, 1994
Original fromthe University of Virginia
Digitized15 May 2008
ISBN0198150040, 9780198150046
Length351 pages
Subjects ›  › 

History / Ancient / General
History / Ancient / Greece
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
  
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