Athenaeus and His World: Reading Greek Culture in the Roman Empire

An international team of literary specialists explore Athenaeus' work as a whole, and in its own right. Almost all classicists and ancient historians make use of Athenaeus; 'Athenaeus and his World' is the first sustained attempt to understand and explore his work as a whole, and in its own right. The work emerges as no mere compendium of earlier texts, but as a vibrant work of complex structure and substantial creativity. The book makes sense of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859896617
• ISBN13: 9780859896610
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 3.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.6" x 9.4"