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The Boastful Chef: The Discourse of Food in Ancient Greek Comedy
John Wilkins
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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 Dionysos 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 partly because the foods that it represented were resonant markers of the culture. There could be no comedy without food. Related genres and artefacts are also considered. The text also ... Read more
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 Dionysos 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 partly because the foods that it represented were resonant markers of the culture. There could be no comedy without food. Related genres and artefacts are also considered. The text also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199240685
SKU
V9780199240685
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Reviews for The Boastful Chef: The Discourse of Food in Ancient Greek Comedy
This is a fascinating and original book, spiced with liberal quotations (all translated) from comic fragments alongside discussion of the plays of Aristophanes and Menander
Greece & Rome
Offers a more multi-sided approach to ancient cooking and its practitioners than any other available
Simon Goldhill, Times Literary Supplement
A scholarly book
Simon Goldhill, Times Literary ... Read more
Greece & Rome
Offers a more multi-sided approach to ancient cooking and its practitioners than any other available
Simon Goldhill, Times Literary Supplement
A scholarly book
Simon Goldhill, Times Literary ... Read more