Saints and symposiasts: the literature of food and the symposium in Greco-Roman and early Christian culture

Explores the afterlife of the classical Greek symposium in the Greco-Roman and early Christian culture of the Roman Empire. Argues that writing about consumption and conversation continued to matter, communicating distinctive ideas about how to talk and think, and distinctive and often destabilising visions ofhuman identity and holiness.

• ISBN: 978-0-521-88685-7
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés