Book contents
- Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity
- Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Glossary of Musical Instruments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction The Topic and the Sources
- Chapter 1 Sympotic Scenes and Songs
- Chapter 2 The Gentleman’s Lyre
- Chapter 3 Hellenistic Evolutions
- Chapter 4 Poets and Musicians at Upper-Class Greek Banquets
- Chapter 5 Music and Elite Dining in the Roman Age
- Chapter 6 Music at the Social Recreations of the Lower Classes
- Chapter 7 Music at the Suppers and Feasts of the Jewish People
- Chapter 8 Music at Christian Social Meals
- Chapter 9 Purposes and Pleasures
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Subject Index
Introduction - The Topic and the Sources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2022
Book contents
- Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity
- Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Glossary of Musical Instruments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction The Topic and the Sources
- Chapter 1 Sympotic Scenes and Songs
- Chapter 2 The Gentleman’s Lyre
- Chapter 3 Hellenistic Evolutions
- Chapter 4 Poets and Musicians at Upper-Class Greek Banquets
- Chapter 5 Music and Elite Dining in the Roman Age
- Chapter 6 Music at the Social Recreations of the Lower Classes
- Chapter 7 Music at the Suppers and Feasts of the Jewish People
- Chapter 8 Music at Christian Social Meals
- Chapter 9 Purposes and Pleasures
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Subject Index
Summary
The introduction provides an overview of certain recurring subjects of the study, including music’s role in fostering the “good cheer” of the banquet, the power of metasympotic representations, the use of music for communication and display, the social and political aspects of self- and class-display through social music, ways in which elite music-making at archaic and classical symposia influenced customs of later periods and their interpretation, and the interconnections between dining and the festival/theater in all periods.
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- Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman AntiquityFrom the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, pp. 1 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022