The Learned Banqueters, Volume IV

Books 8–10.420e

Athenaeus, S. Douglas Olson, S. Douglas Olson

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
30 June 2008

Literary essays; History; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Ancient Greek

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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 CE) 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 Loeb Athenaeus (published under the title Deipnosophists).

By: Athenaeus
Translated by: S. Douglas Olson
Edited and translated by: S. Douglas Olson
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: No. 235
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9780674996267
ISBN 10: 0674996267
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 30 June 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for The Learned Banqueters, Volume IV: Books 8–10.420e

One of the main advantages of Olson's new edition is that it is reader-friendly. When 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 (08/04/2012)