Feasting and polis institutions

"Feasting and commensality were vital to the great resilience of the polis, Greece's most characteristic and enduring form of political organization. Exploring a wide array of commensal practices, Feasting and Polis Institutions reveals how feasts defined the religious and political institutions of the Greek citizen-state. Taking the reader from the Early Iron Age to the Imperial Period, this volume launches an essential inquiry into Greek power relations. Focusing on the myriad of patronage roles at the feast and making use of a wide variety of methodologies and primary sources, including archaeology, epigraphy and literature, Feasting and Polis Institutions argues that in ancient Greece political interaction could never be complete until it was consumed in a very literal sense"--

שנה

2018

שפה

English

סדרה

Mnemosyne supplements, History and archaeology of classical antiquity -- volume 414

הוצאה

Brill

מהדורות

1

עמודים

384

ISBN

9789004356726

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata