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Title: Plutarch's Moralia: Table-Talk Books I-IV (Loeb Classical Library 424) by Plutarch ISBN: 0-674-99466-3 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1969 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.50

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Summary: Dinner Conversations
Comment: Referring to these as "Moral Works" puts a formidable label on Plutarch's writings; they are literary works on a wide variety of subjects. This volume represents six books concerned with table talk. Plutarch recorded the questions asked during dinner for his friend Sossius Senecio. Each book consists of ten questions. Some topics chosen at random are: "Why old men hold writing at a greater distance for reading", "Concerning Alexander's Excessive Drinking", "Why men are hungrier in autumn", "Whether flower garlands should be used at drinking-parties" and "Why truffles are thought to be produced by thunder, and why people believe that sleepers are never struck by thunder."

This is more or less light reading. Some aspects of life in ancient times come up, some things that are no longer believed (old men get drunk faster because they are dried up and so absorb the wine) and some are illuminating. This is a fun book to browse through. Inevitably, some topic will appeal and others will not. It is an interesting view into the opinions that came up during ancient evenings over the dinner table.