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The Symposion in Ancient Greek Society and Thought (Paperback)
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The Symposion in Ancient Greek Society and Thought (Paperback)
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The symposion was a key cultural phenomenon in ancient Greece. This
book investigates its place in ancient Greek society and thought by
exploring the rhetorical dynamics of its representations in
literature and art. Across genres, individual Greeks constructed
visions of the party and its performances that offered persuasive
understandings of the event and its participants. Sympotic
representations thus communicated ideas which, set within broader
cultural conversations, could possess a discursive edge. Hence, at
the symposion, sympotic styles and identities might be promoted,
critiqued and challenged. In the public imagination, the ethics of
Greeks and foreigners might be interrogated and political attitudes
intimated. Symposia might be suborned into historical narratives
about struggles for power. And for philosophers, writing a
Symposium was itself a rhetorical act. Investigating the
symposion's discursive potential enhances understanding of how the
Greeks experienced and conceptualized the symposion and
demonstrates its contribution to the Greek thought world.
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