{"product_id":"the-loaded-table-representations-of-food-in-roman-literature","title":"The Loaded Table : Representations of Food in Roman Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 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 described it, are among the questions discussed here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book also addresses 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hellenic Bookservice","offers":[{"title":"Good condition","offer_id":55921402020219,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/6862\/0411\/files\/LoadedTable.jpg?v=1763397692","url":"https:\/\/hellenic-books.com\/products\/the-loaded-table-representations-of-food-in-roman-literature","provider":"Hellenic Bookservice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}