Bøger af Athenaeus

Athenaei Deipnosophitae, Liber XV V2: Cum Rerum Et Scriptorum Indicibus (1834) auctore Athenaeo est opus quod in quindecim libros divisa est. In hoc libro, Athenaeus narrat convivium quod a Larensi rege habetur, ubi inter alia de cibis, potibus, et convivio loquitur. Praeter haec, Athenaeus multa ex aliorum scriptoribus excerpta addit, ut historias, mythos, et fabulas. Indicibus rerum et scriptorum instructus, hic liber eruditione refertus est et ad classicos studiis pertinentes aptus.This Book Is In Latin.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. This work (which dates to the very end of the 2nd century A.D.) also contains a range of information about different cuisines, the music and entertainments that ornamented banquets, and the intellectual talk that was the heart of Greek conviviality.

In The Learned Banqueters (late-2nd century CE), Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information about Greek culture.