The rise of the Greek aristocratic banquet /

In this book, Wecowski offers a comprehensive account of the origins of the symposion and its close relationship with the rise of the Greek city-state or polis. Broadly defined as a culture-oriented aristocratic banquet, the symposion, which literally means 'drinking together,' was a noctu...

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Main Author:	Węcowski, Marek (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Symposium (Classical Greek drinking party) Greece > Social life and customs.