Abstract:Grammatikoi and grammatistai: Teacher of Literature at Ammonius' Table (Plut. QC IX)
In a vivid contrast to the less rigorous attitude displayed in other parts of the work, Book Nine of Plutarch’s Quaestiones convivales describes a single banquet: held in the house of the Athenian philosopher Ammonius, the banquet is held in honor of the Muses – in accordance with this aim, it is attended by the most learned among the Athenian society, the best of Athenian teachers. As I have discussed the contents as we… Show more
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