Plutarch Quaestiones Convivales
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Plutarch

Quaestiones Convivales

biography

Table-talk. Nine books of dinner-party conversations covering science, literature, ethics, and trivia. The format is Plutarch at his most sociable and wide-ranging.

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Chapters

  • 1
    Chapter 1

    A gathering of philosophical dinner-table discussions, exploring questions about food, drink, music, and custom with wit and erudition.

    ~7,360 words
  • 2
    Chapter 2

    A gathering of philosophical dinner-table discussions, exploring questions about food, drink, music, and custom with wit and erudition.

    ~6,990 words
  • 3
    Chapter 3

    A gathering of philosophical dinner-table discussions, exploring questions about food, drink, music, and custom with wit and erudition.

    ~6,900 words
  • 4
    Chapter 4

    A gathering of philosophical dinner-table discussions, exploring questions about food, drink, music, and custom with wit and erudition.

    ~5,760 words
  • 5
    Chapter 5

    A gathering of philosophical dinner-table discussions, exploring questions about food, drink, music, and custom with wit and erudition.

    ~5,850 words
  • 6
    Chapter 6

    A gathering of philosophical dinner-table discussions, exploring questions about food, drink, music, and custom with wit and erudition.

    ~5,010 words
  • 7
    Chapter 7

    A gathering of philosophical dinner-table discussions, exploring questions about food, drink, music, and custom with wit and erudition.

    ~8,540 words
  • 8
    Chapter 8

    A gathering of philosophical dinner-table discussions, exploring questions about food, drink, music, and custom with wit and erudition.

    ~8,910 words
  • 9
    Chapter 9

    A gathering of philosophical dinner-table discussions, exploring questions about food, drink, music, and custom with wit and erudition.

    ~5,380 words
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