The philosopher's banquet: Plutarch's table talk in the intellectual culture of the Roman Empire

A collection of essays on Plutarch's Table Talk, an influential Greek prose text which is a combination of philosophical dialogue (in the style of Plato's Symposium) and miscellany. The contributors offer a range of methodologically innovative and sophisticated readings of the work's literary form, themes, andcultural background. INDICE: Introduction; I. Traditions; 1: Frances B. Titchener: Plutarch's Table Talk: Sampling a Rich Blend. A Survey of Scholarly Appraisal; 2: Teresa Morgan: The Miscellany and Plutarch; II. Topics and Themes; 3: Eleni Kechagia: Philosophy in Plutarch's Table Talk: In Jest or in Earnest?; 4: Katerina Oikonomopoulou: Peripatetic Knowledge in Plutarch's Table Talk; 5: Maria Vamvouri Ruffy: Symposium, Physical and Social Health in Plutarch's Table Talk; III. Voice and Authority; 6: Frieda Klotz: Plutarch's Peculiar Presentation; 7: Jason König: Self-Promotion and Self-Effacement in Plutarch's Table Talk; IV. Contradictions; 8: Christopher Pelling: Putting the -viv- into Convivial: The Table-Talkand the Lives

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958895-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés