The boastful chef
The boastful chef: the discourse of food in ancient Greek comedy John Wilkins
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2000.
ISBN: 019924068X
DDC: 882.0109355
LCC: PA3166
Edition: (alk. paper)
Summary:
"It is well known that ancient Greek comedy is interested in food and
wine; many plays conclude with a feast. Further, they were produced
at festivals of Dionysus where eating and drinking took place. This
book explains the importance of food to comedy: it was a medium
through which comedy could represent the material, social,
agricultural, political, and religious worlds to the Greek
city-state. Comedy was a powerful cultural commentator and the foods
that it represented were resonant markers of the culture. There could
be no comedy without food and wine. Related genres and artefacts are
also considered. The text contains translations of hundreds of comic
fragments; and it reassesses the division of comedy into Sicilian and
Attic Old, Middle, and New."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-436) and indexes.
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