The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman LiteratureClarendon Press, 1993 - 334 էջ This book offers a novel and unconventional approach to Roman culture, through food, or rather, food as it is represented in literature. Food is not generally thought of as the noblest of literary subjects, and this view is a legacy from the Romans, so it is curious that Roman writers chose so persistently to depict their society at the dinner-table. Why this was so, and what effect the inclusion of food had on the status of the literary texts that contained it, are among the questions discussed here. The book also addresses many of the problems that arise when a material subject is translated into words, and contains fresh interpretations of Latin texts that have been unjustly undervalued - comedy, satire, epigrams, letters, and iambics. While often regarded as something trivial and gross, food was in fact one of the most suggestive images for Roman civilization. |
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... Lucilius , fighting for the conservative cause , would naturally attack a lex per saturam . But Lucilius , ironically enough , was himself writing a work per saturam , a medley of good and bad elements . The fact that the development of ...
... Lucilius , fighting for the conservative cause , would naturally attack a lex per saturam . But Lucilius , ironically enough , was himself writing a work per saturam , a medley of good and bad elements . The fact that the development of ...
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... Lucilius ' sloppiness.140 By contrast Catius ' cook serves food on spotless dishes ( puris catillis , 75 ) , which recalls the pure spring Callimachus opposed to the muddy river ( Hymn to Apollo 111–12 ) . Excessive wateriness in food ...
... Lucilius ' sloppiness.140 By contrast Catius ' cook serves food on spotless dishes ( puris catillis , 75 ) , which recalls the pure spring Callimachus opposed to the muddy river ( Hymn to Apollo 111–12 ) . Excessive wateriness in food ...
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... Lucilius.198 The precariousness of the host's endeavours is similar to that of the poet's : 199 he has to ensure that the food is properly cooked and seasoned , and that the pages are well - groomed.200 Few appreciate the labours that ...
... Lucilius.198 The precariousness of the host's endeavours is similar to that of the poet's : 199 he has to ensure that the food is properly cooked and seasoned , and that the pages are well - groomed.200 Few appreciate the labours that ...
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