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 noct...
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Main Author: |
Węcowski, Marek. |
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Book
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English
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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