The Learned Banqueters, Volume V by Athenaeus

The Learned Banqueters, Volume V by Athenaeus

Scholars at dinner. In The Learned Banqueters, Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century AD) is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as a treasury of quotations from works now lost. Athenaeus also preserves a wide range of information about different cuisines and foodstuffs; the music and entertainments that ornamented banquets; and the intellectual talk that was the heart of Greek conviviality. S. Douglas Olson has undertaken to produce a complete new edition of the work, replacing the previous seven-volume Loeb Athenaeus (published under the title Deipnosophists).

One of the main advantages of Olson’s new edition is that it is reader-friendlyWhen The Learned Banqueters quotes from a known author, Olson follows the text of, and gives the reference to, the best modern edition, making it easy for the reader to look up the citation in its original context... Olson’s translation is largely excellent, and captures the spirit of the different authors quoted. -- Helen Morales * Times Literary Supplement *

S. Douglas Olson is Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota.

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ISBN 13	9780674996328
ISBN 10	0674996321
Title	The Learned Banqueters, Volume V
Author	Athenaeus
Series	Loeb Classical Library
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Harvard University Press
Year published	2009-05-31
Number of pages	528
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.