A Skeleton at a Banquet
Death in Plutarch's Convivium Septem Sapientium
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3939770 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katarzyna Jazdzewska (0000-0003-4216-978X, corresponding author), Katarzyna Jazdzewska Katarzyna Jazdzewska |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| Pages | 301 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7834/phoenix.67.3-4.0301 |
| OpenAlex | W2755448428, W4299345142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This contribution argues that Plutarch's Convivium Septem Sapientium, a work of historical fiction in the form of a sympotic dialogue, partakes in a tradition of interweaving convivial texts with the notion of mortality. The author argues that the theme of death, which is introduced by Plutarch through several different literary strategies, constitutes a recurrent element in the dialogue
Art · Art history · Banquet · Element (criminal law) · Humanities · Literature · Political science · Skeleton (computer programming) · Theme (computing) · Anatomy · Historical and Literary Analyses · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Renaissance Literature and Culture
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |