The Philosopher's Banquet

Plutarch's Table Talk in the Intellectual Culture of the Roman Empire
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-958895-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of classics, especially Latinists and Hellenists; cultural history; history of sceince.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klotz, Frieda

Oikonomopoulou, Katerina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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