Wine in the Ancient World

Wine in the Ancient World (1957) examines wine in all its forms in, primarily, ancient Greece and Rome. It looks at the origins of wine, its production, transportation and consumption, and its changing status through the centuries.

List of contents

1. Symposium: A Party in Athens 2. Origins of Wine 3. Wine in the Heroic Age 4. The Thirteenth God 5. Vintage 6. Bottles, Beakers and Cups 7. Wine, Women... 8. ... and Song 9. The Trade 10. De Bacchanalibus 11. Roman Banquet 12. Continuity

Product details

• Authors: Seltman Charles
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781032774893
• ISBN: 978-1-032-77489-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic / Wine, Food & society, Ancient Rome, wines, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Cultural studies: food and society