After the reference to the book number, this system. The greek author athenaeus of naucratis 2nd3rd century ad composed a work entitled deipnosophistae the learned banqueters. Athenaeus article about athenaeus by the free dictionary. Athenaeus naucratita, of naucratis in egypt, greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourished about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century a. Athenaeus of naucratis was a greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century ad. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. At this price therefore, you might as well buy volume vi of the loeb edition isbn10 0674993616, which has a translation plus the original greek sidebyside, and covers part of book 14 as well. The national endowment for the humanities provided support for entering this text. There are a number of classical authors who are not represented very well in affordable editions of english translations. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, isbn.
Representing citations in the deipnosophists of athenaeus. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Book xiii, for example, is an important source for the study of sexuality in classical and hellenistic greece. A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book 14, pages 649664. See key to translations for an explanation of the format. In the learned banqueters, athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from greek literature. In it he pretends to tell a friend about a banquet at a scholars house whither the. The page numbers in the greek text are shown in red. D espite the importance of the deipnosophists, we still lack a comprehensive survey of athenaeus citations, and many classicists.
The casaubonkaibel reference converter is a tool for finding concordances between the numerations used in the two editions of the 15 books of the deipnosophists of athenaeus of naucratis by isaac casaubon 1597 and georg kaibel 18871890 casaubon reference system. In the learned banqueters late2nd century ce, athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests. Athenaeus was a native of naucratis, a greek city in egypt located on the canopic branch of the nile, to the east of alexandria. Like plato in his phaedo, the author uses dialogue to describe a series of dinner parties hosted by a wealthy patron of the arts. Appears in 14 books from 18541996 page 787 a massy weight, yet heaved with ease by him, when the brisk nectar overlookd the brim. For the new version, go to book 14 a attalus home page 14. Christian jacob, the web of athenaeus foreword chapter 1. A digital edition of the deipnosophists of athenaeus of naucratis.
Athenaeus the deipnosophists the learned banqueters is a secondcentury work of greek fiction that describes the literary world of hellenistic intellectuals in the roman empire. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. The suda says only that he lived in the times of marcus aurelius, but the. Athenaeus mechanicus is the author of a book on siegecraft, on machines ancient greek. This complex and fascinating work is not only an erudite and literary encyclopedia of a myriad of curiosities. The suda says only that he lived in the times of marcus aurelius, but the contempt with which he speaks of commodus, who died in 192, shows that he survived that emperor. A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book 14, pages 628638. In its extant form the work is divided into 15 books, although its original. But among the galatians 1, says phylarchus in his sixth book, it is the custom to place on the tables a great number of loaves broken promiscuously, and meat just taken out of the kettles, which no one touches without first waiting for the king to see whether he touches anything of what is served up before him. Athenaeus deipnosophists latin edition, 1556 conrad. The deipnosophistae professes to be an account given by an individual named athenaeus to his friend timocrates of a banquet held at the house of larensius.
The deipnosophistae is an early 3rdcentury ad greek work ancient greek. A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book 14, pages. A cast of grammarians, lexicographers, and musicians participate in conversations about literature, music. Several of his publications are lost, but the fifteenvolume deipnosophistae mostly survives. It is a long and extremely diffuse work, which is presented as a series of erudite discussions over dinner. The deipnosophistae is a fictitious account of several banquet conversations on food, literature, and arts held in rome by twentytwo learned men.
He is identified by modern scholars with athenaeus of seleucia, a member of the peripatetic school active in the midtolate 1st century bc, at rome and elsewhere. His anthological work, the deipnosophistae banquet of the sophists, is a collection of anecdotes and excerpts from ancient writers whose works are otherwise lost. The journal of hellenic studies athenaeus the navigator. 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.
The author uses dialogue to describe a series of dinner parties hosted by a wealthy patron of the arts. Founded by milesian settlers around 620 bc, naucratis had special status from the reign of amasi onwards 6th century bc. The deipnosophists, or, banquet of the learned of athenaeus the author of the deipnosophists was an egyptian, born in naucratis, a town on the left side of the canopic mouth of the nile. There is a story also that at iasus a dolphin took a fancy to a boy, and this story is told by duris, in the ninth book of his history. The project gutenberg ebook of the deipnosophists or. With usual stamps and markings, in fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Athenaeus cookbooks, recipes and biography eat your books. As elsewhere onsite, the header bar at the top of each chapters webpage will remind you with the same color scheme. The age in which he lived is somewhat uncertain, but his work, at least the latter portion of it, must have been written after the death of ulpian the lawyer. The dinner sophistsphilosophersexperts by the grecoegyptian author athenaeus of naucratis. Characterization orator and athenaeus book book work or work two or more rows grouped together with a black line correspond to text ranges in the index e. This is an exlibrary book and may have the usual libraryused book markings inside. Deipnosophists, or, banquet of the learned of athenaeus.
Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Athenaeus of naucratis author of the learned banqueters, i. The age in which he lived is somewhat uncertain, but his work, at least the latter portion of it, must have been written after the death of ulpian the lawyer, which happened a. Naukratis, egypt, greek grammarian and author of deipnosophistai the gastronomers, a work in the form of an aristocratic symposium, in which a number of learned men, some bearing the names of real persons, such as galen, meet at a banquet and discuss food and other subjects. Athenaeus was a native of naucratis, a greek city in egypt, and he wrote the deipnosophists in the early part of the 3rd century a. Athenaeus of naucratis is the author of the learned banqueters, i 4. Temperd in this, the nymph of form divine pours a large portion of the pramnian wine. Athenaeus definition, greek philosopher and rhetorician at naucratis in egypt. From a reading of athenaeus wikisource, the free online. The author of the deipnosophists was an egyptian, born in naucratis, a town on the left side of the canopic mouth of the nile. Athenaeus naucratita was a greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century ad. A translation of athenaeus deipnosophists, book, about women, pages 555571. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. It is a long work of literary, historical, and antiquarian references set in rome at a series of banquets held by the protagonist publius livius larensis for an assembly of.