Athenaeus and his World Reading Greek Culture in the Roman Empire
, by Braund, David; Wilkins, John; Bowersock, GlenNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780859896610 | 0859896617
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/1/2000
Subtitled Reading Greek culture in the Roman Empire' these essays provide the first sustained attempt to understand and explore the work of Athenaeus as a whole and in its own right. It emerges as no mere compendium of texts but as a vibrant work of complex structure and substantial creativity. The book makes sense of the massive and polyphonous Deipnosophistae, the quarry upon which classicists and ancient historians depend for their knowledge of much of ancient literature, particularly Comedy, and also the source of much of the data used by modern historians for the social history of the Classical and Hellenistic worlds. Forty-one chapters, by an international gathering of literary specialists and historians each tackling a significant feature; foreword by Glen Bowersock.