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The Philosopher's Banquet
Plutarch's Table Talk in the Intellectual Culture of the Roman Empire
Edited by Frieda Klotz and Katerina Oikonomopoulou
288 pages
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216x138mm
978-0-19-958895-4
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Hardback
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06 October 2011
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- Offers an invaluable insight into the multi-faceted, and increasingly studied, culture of the Second Sophistic
- Combination of historical, scientific, philosophical, and literary approaches offers diverse ways of reading a fascinating and influential text
- Substantial Introduction helps to orient readers, while also pointing to further avenues of study
The Philosopher's Banquet is the first sustained study of Plutarch's Table Talk, a Greek prose text which is a combination of philosophical dialogue (in the style of Plato's Symposium) and miscellany. The form of Table Talk was imitated by several later Greek and Roman imperial authors (such as Aulus Gellius, Athenaeus, and Macrobius), making it a vital part of the early Roman Empire's literary and cultural history. Similarly, the great variety of its contents links it with a broader imperial cultural trend, that of systematizing knowledge, which features increasingly prominently as a subject of scholarly study in both classics and the history of science. The contributors to The Philosopher's Banquet offer a range of methodologically innovative and
sophisticated readings of Table Talk's literary form, themes, cultural background, and influence.Readership: Scholars and students of classics, especially Latinists and Hellenists; cultural history; history of sceince.
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Edited by Frieda Klotz, Freelance journalist, and Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Leverhulme Research Fellow, School of Classics, University of St Andrews Contributors:
Eleni Kechagia, University of Oxford
Frieda Klotz
Jason König, University of St Andrews
Teresa Morgan, University of Oxford
Katerina Oikonomopoulou, University of St Andrews
Christopher Pelling, University of Oxford
Maria Vamvouri Ruffy, National Swiss Foundation for Scientific Research
Frances B. Titchener, Utah State University
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"the contribtuions, all of a high standard, represent a real advance in our understanding of Table Talk." - Helen Morales, Times Literary Supplement
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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: Imagining the Past: Plutarch's Play with Time (it was 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
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