The Banquet (also Known as The Symposium)
Author | : Plato |
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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Author | : Plato |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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Author | : Louise Pratt |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2012-09-13 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0806186208 |
After studying ancient Greek for a year, students often become discouraged when presented with unabridged classical texts that offer only minimal supportive apparatus. In welcome contrast, this intermediate-level textbook reinforces the first-year lessons and enables students to read Plato's Symposium, one of the most engaging works in Attic Greek, the dialect taught in most first-year courses. To meet the needs of students who are reading extended passages of challenging Greek for the first time, Louise Pratt, a classical scholar with more than twenty years' teaching experience, has lightly condensed the early readings, supplementing them with review exercises and new vocabulary. She includes the remaining portion of the dialogue in its entirety to give students the experience of reading Plato's imaginative dialogue in all its richness. All readings are glossed, with explanatory notes appearing on the same page as the relevant texts. Enlivened by twenty-five illustrations, Eros at the Banquet also features an introduction explaining the Symposium's historical and philosophical significance, a comprehensive glossary, and an up-to-date bibliography. Instructors may also supplement this volume with Pratt's The Essentials of Greek Grammar: A Reference for Intermediate Readers of Attic Greek, which includes many examples from the Symposium.
Author | : Xenophon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2007-04-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781428056107 |
Author | : Dennis Edwin Smith |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781451406535 |
From Plato to the New Testament, banquets held an important place in creating community, sharing values, and connecting with the divine.
Author | : Xenophon |
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Author | : Marek Wecowski |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 2014-02-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191506893 |
In The Rise of the Greek Aristocratic Banquet, 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.
Author | : Louise Pratt |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 2014-10-22 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0806186216 |
Designed for intermediate-level students, this textbook presents an outline of the essential forms and syntax of ancient Attic Greek. A perfect supplement to Louise Pratt’s Eros at the Banquet, it also stands alone as a useful resource for any student seeking to move beyond the basics of Greek into the exciting experience of reading classical literature in its original language. The Essentials of Greek Grammar is based on the author’s many years of classroom experience and on the handouts she developed and fine-tuned to supplement a variety of textbooks and approaches. In part 1 of the volume, Pratt covers the following: morphology and parts of speech in increasing order of complexity, from articles and pronouns through adjectives; active and passive participles; nouns, with a summary of endings and examples of the three declensions; verbs, with summaries and examples of regular and irregular forms. Part 2 presents syntax, moving from the relatively straightforward case uses of nouns and pronouns, to the uses and positions of adjectives and the complexities of verb types and moods. Pratt also includes miscellaneous figures of speech and a handy appendix listing two hundred common Attic verbs and their principal parts.
Author | : Xenophon |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2018-06-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781721898022 |
Symposium or The Banquet Xenophon A philosophical text about the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and is the origin of the concept of Platonic love. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author | : Frieda Klotz |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2011-10-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199588953 |
A collection of essays on 'Plutarch's Table Talk', an influential Greek prose text which is a combination of philosophical dialogue and miscellany. The contributors offer a range of methodologically innovative and sophisticated readings of the work's literary form, themes, and cultural background.
Author | : Madeleine Callaghan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 734 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199558361 |
The book is an authoritative and up-to-date collection of original essays on one of the greatest of all English poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley. It covers a wide range of topics, exploring Shelley's life and work from various angles.