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In deepening our understanding of the symposium in ancient Greece, this book embodies the wit and play of the images it explains: those decorating Athenian drinking vessels from the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. The vases used at banquets often depict the actual drinkers who commissioned their production and convey the flowing together of wine, po



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Abbreviations Used in Notes, pg. vii*1. The Greek Experience of Wine, pg. 3*2. The Space of the Krater, pg. 19*3. Manipulations, pg. 47*4. Drinking Games, pg. 68*5. Reflections, pg. 87*6. Wine and the Wine-Dark Sea, pg. 107*7. Song and Image, pg. 123*Epilogue. Drink to Me with Thine Eyes, pg. 140*Sources of Illustrations, pg. 145*Index, pg. 149

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691604053, 978-0691604053
      ISBN10: 0691604053

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In deepening our understanding of the symposium in ancient Greece, this book embodies the wit and play of the images it explains: those decorating Athenian drinking vessels from the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. The vases used at banquets often depict the actual drinkers who commissioned their production and convey the flowing together of wine, po



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Abbreviations Used in Notes, pg. vii*1. The Greek Experience of Wine, pg. 3*2. The Space of the Krater, pg. 19*3. Manipulations, pg. 47*4. Drinking Games, pg. 68*5. Reflections, pg. 87*6. Wine and the Wine-Dark Sea, pg. 107*7. Song and Image, pg. 123*Epilogue. Drink to Me with Thine Eyes, pg. 140*Sources of Illustrations, pg. 145*Index, pg. 149

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