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Food and Drink in Antiquity: A Sourcebook - Readings from the Graeco-Roman World (Paperback)
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Food and Drink in Antiquity: A Sourcebook - Readings from the Graeco-Roman World (Paperback)
Series: Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History
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Amid growing interest in food and drink as an academic discipline
in recent years, Food and Drink in Antiquity emerges as the only
source to provide insight into eating and drinking by focusing on
what the ancients themselves actually had to say about this
important topic. This thorough and varied sourcebook offers a
thematic approach to eating and drinking in antiquity and is a
unique asset to any course on food and foodways. The chronological
scope of the material extends from Greece of the Eighth Century BCE
to the Late Roman Empire of the Fourth Century CE. Each thematic
chapter consists of an introduction along with a concluding
bibliography of suggested readings. The excerpts themselves,
rendered in clear and readable English that remains faithful to the
original Latin or Greek, are set in their proper social and
historical context, with the author of each passage fully
identified. This volume provides a compilation of essential source
material for classics courses focusing on ancient social history,
for introductory courses on the history of food and drink, as well
as for those offerings with a strong sociological or
anthropological approach. A wide range of evidence, drawing upon
literary, inscriptional, legal and religious testimony, makes Food
and Drink in Antiquity an essential source and one that is
particularly well suited to the interdisciplinary focus of modern
food studies.The chronological scope of the excerpts extends from
Homer in the Eighth Century BCE to the Roman emperor Constantine in
the Fourth Century CE. Each thematic chapter consists of an
introduction along with a bibliography of suggested readings.
Translated excerpts are then presented accompanied by an
explanatory background paragraph identifying the author and context
of each passage. A wide range of evidence is included, the majority
is literary, but also includes inscriptional, legal and religious,
making this volume the essential source for the relevant food and
classics courses.
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