Sympotica: A Symposium on the SymposionOswyn Murray The "Symposion" was a male drinking group of archaic and classical Greece, which had great effects on the art of the period, and on social life, politics, warfare and sexual attitudes. This book records a symposium held in Oxford in 1984 to discuss the significance of Greek "Symposions". |
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OSWYN MURRAY Oxford | 3 |
Two Models of Civic Instit | 14 |
A Functional Aspect of Greek DiningRoom | 37 |
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