Athenaeus (ca. 170-ca. 230 CE), a Greek of Naucratis in Egypt, lived in Rome and wrote a historical work now lost. Of the fifteen books of his surviving "Deipnosophists" ('Sophists at Dinner'), the first two and parts of the third, eleventh, and fifteenth exist only in summary, the rest apparently complete. In it he pretends to tell a friend about a banquet at a scholar's house whither the learned guests brought extracts from poetry for recitation and discussion. Much of the matter however concerns the food provided and ...
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Athenaeus (ca. 170-ca. 230 CE), a Greek of Naucratis in Egypt, lived in Rome and wrote a historical work now lost. Of the fifteen books of his surviving "Deipnosophists" ('Sophists at Dinner'), the first two and parts of the third, eleventh, and fifteenth exist only in summary, the rest apparently complete. In it he pretends to tell a friend about a banquet at a scholar's house whither the learned guests brought extracts from poetry for recitation and discussion. Much of the matter however concerns the food provided and accessories. One learns about cooks, strange dishes, wines, menu cards, and countless other matters. Athenaeus was an antiquarian. The whole work, which mentions nearly eight hundred writers and two thousand five hundred writings, is a large treasury of information not only about table matters but also music, dances, games, and all sorts of literary subjects. And it abounds in quotations, mostly made direct by Athenaeus himself, from authors whose writings have not survived. The Loeb Classical Library edition of "The Deipnosophists" is in seven volumes. There is a comprehensive index in the final volume.
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Good. Size: 72x20x108; 1957 reprint of 1929 printing. Ex-library, with expected library markings. Minor shelf wear to boards. Binding is tight & square. Contents are crisp, clean, complete and undamaged. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library.
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Fair. Volume III. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.
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Good with no dust jacket. 0674992474. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Cover wear. Endpapers have stains, stickers, remnants of library card pockets.
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Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. 1967 printing. Cloth, dj. 12mo. viii & 510 pp. Text in English and Greek. Mildshelf wear to dust jacket. Price clipped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Penciled notation to ffep. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Greek Literature).
