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1 online resource (472 pages) |
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polychrome |
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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 nocturnal wine party held by Greek aristocrats from Homer to Alexander the Great. Its distinctive feature was the crucial importance of diverse cultural competitions, including improvising convivial poetry, among the guests. Cultural skills and abilities were a prerequisite in order for one to be included in elite drinking circles, and, as such, the symposion served as a forum for the natural selection of Greek aristocracy. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Cover""; ""The Rise of the Greek Aristocratic Banquet""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Maps""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""0.1 AN OUTLINE OF SYMPOTIC STUDIES""; ""0.2 SYMPOSION IN PERSPECTIVE: SOME METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""0.3 ENTERING THE SYMPOSION: THE HISTORICAL UNITY OF THE GREEK ARISTOCRATIC BANQUET""; ""0.4 APPENDIX I : TYPOLOGIES OF THE FEAST: TWO THEORETICAL MODELS""; ""I: Defining the Symposion""; ""1: Early Greek Aristocracy and the Symposion"" |
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""1.1 THE NATURE OF ARCHAIC GREEK ARISTOCRACY""""1.1.1 What is Early Greek Aristocracy?""; ""1.1.2 The Equal and the More Equal in the Archaic City""; ""1.1.3 A Precarious Ã?lite""; ""1.2 DESCRIBING THE SYMPOSION: A WORKING HYPOTHESIS""; ""1.2.1 Terminology of the Symposion""; ""1.2.2 Organization of the Symposion: Its Framework and Participants""; ""1.2.3 Organization of the Symposion: Ceremony and Entertainment""; ""1.3 SYMPOSION AND ARISTOCRACY: SOCIAL REALITIES AND GROUP-IDEALS""; ""1.3.1 Sympotic Inequalities in Action""; ""1.3.2 Sympotic Dreams of Equality"" |
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""1.4 CONCLUSIONS: THE NATURE AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ARISTOCRATIC BANQUET""""1.4.1 Symposion and the Natural Selection of the Archaic Aristocracy""; ""1.4.2 Symposion as a Type of Feast""; ""1.5 APPENDIX II: SEX AND THE SYMPOSION""; ""2: Towards a Definition of the Symposion""; ""2.1 �REJOICE WHILE THE CUP GOES CIRCLING ROUND!�""; ""2.1.1 The Circulating Cup and the Organization of the Symposion""; ""2.1.2 The Ritual Origins of the Epidexia Practice""; ""2.2 �ANTI-SYMPOSIA� IN GREEK THOUGHT""; ""2.2.1 The Circulating Cup and the `Anti-Symposion�"" |
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""2.2.2 The Drinking Contest of the Anthesteria Festival in Athens""""2.2.3 Andreia, Cretan Public Messes""; ""2.2.4 Spartan Syssitia, XenophanesÂ? Symposion, and the Banquets of Cleomenes III""; ""2.3 CONCLUSIONS: TOWARDS A NEW DEFINITION OF THE SYMPOSION""; ""2.3.1 Symposion and the Reclining Party in Greek Sympotic Imagery""; ""2.3.2 Defining the Symposion: The Circulating Cup and the Social Dynamics of the Aristocratic Banquet""; ""II: The Symposion and History""; ""3: The `Cup of NestorÂ?, the Near East, and the Early Archaic Symposion""; ""3.1 The `Cup of NestorÂ? and the Symposion"" |
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""3.1.1 The First Convivial Poem of the Greeks""""3.1.2 The `Cup of NestorÂ?, the Epidexia Rule, and Ã?lite Banqueting at Pithekoussai""; ""3.1.3 The `Cup of NestorÂ? and the Late Geometric Symposion""; ""3.2 Symposion and the Near East""; ""3.2.1 Pithekoussan Banquets between East and West""; ""3.2.2 Symposion and the Iconography of the Levantine Feast""; ""3.2.3 Symposion and the Levantine MarzÄ?a-Parallels and Contrasts""; ""3.3 The Reclining Banquet and Early Sympotic Architecture""; ""3.3.1 Archilochus, Kallinos, and the Chronology of the Reclining Banquet in the Aegean"" |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Symposium (Classical Greek drinking party)
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Symposium (Classical Greek drinking party) |
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Greece -- Social life and customs.
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Greece. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Wecowski. Rise of the Greek aristocratic banquet 9780199684014 (OCoLC)833405035 |
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9780191506895 (electronic book) |
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0191506893 (electronic book) |
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9780191766169 |
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019176616X |
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9780199684014 |
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0199684014 |
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