Cup of Song

Description:

'The Cup of Song' explores the symbiotic relationship of the symposion and poetry across Greek literary history. Each chapter discusses one aspect of sympotic engagement by key authors across the major genres of Greek poetry, leading to a characterization of the full spectrum of sympotic poetry from its beginnings through to the Hellenistic age.

subjects: Greek poetry, history and criticism,  Symposium (classical literature),  Greek poetry,  Congresses,  History and criticism,  Symposium (Classical Greek drinking party)