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
Chapter 9 - Purposes and Pleasures
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
Chapter 9 synthesizes certain leading themes of the book and discusses some opinions of ancient intellectuals who reflected on the purpose and pleasures of music in convivial settings. The topics include musical self-display and public honor, social music as play, and the purpose of a symposion and its music. The chapter examines the philosophical opinions of Aristotle, Xenophon, Diogenes of Babylon, Philodemus, and Plutarch about various aspects of these topics, and concludes with a look at musical figures in the introduction to Athenaeus’ Deipnosophists (Learned Banqueters).
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- Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman AntiquityFrom the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, pp. 340 - 360Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022