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Loading... Athenaeus: The Deipnosophists, Volume VIII (Loeb Classical Library No. 519) (edition 2012)by Athenaeus, S. Douglas (translator) Olson
Work InformationThe Learned Banqueters, Volume VIII: Book 15. General Indexes (Loeb Classical Library) by Athenaeus
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In The Learned Banqueters, Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century ad) is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as a treasury of quotations from works now lost. Athenaeus also preserves a wide range of information about different cuisines and foodstuffs, the music and entertainments that ornamented banquets, and the intellectual talk that was the heart of Greek conviviality. Volume VIII completes S. Douglas Olson's complete new edition of the work, replacing the previous Loeb Athenaeus (published under the title Deipnosophists) and includes comprehensive indexes of authors, terms, texts, and places. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)888.01Literature Greek and other Classical languages Greek miscellany Greek miscellany Byzantine philosophyLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |