Athenaeus naucratita, of naucratis in egypt, greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourished about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century a. The deipnosophists book xiii 601606 2nd century ce. The dinner experts by the grecoegyptian author athenaeus of. The deipnosophistae is the latin title of an early 3rdcentury ad greek work ancient greek. His anthological work, the deipnosophistae banquet of the sophists, is a collection of anecdotes and excerpts from ancient writers whose works are otherwise lost. 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. The literary design of deipnosophists, however, is beginning to be recognized. A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book, pages 599612. Athenaeus and his world is the first sustained attempt to understand and explore his work as a whole, and in its own right. This is an exlibrary book and may have the usual libraryused book markings inside. Athenaeus cookbooks, recipes and biography eat your books. His humorous didactic poem hedypatheia life of luxury, written in hexameters, advises a gastronomic reader on where to find the best food in the mediterranean world.
Athenaeus created a subtle, complex matrix for intratextual, intertexual, and creative intertexual readings. And swifter than the steed of adrastus which once saved its master as he fled through battle. This enormous collection of extracts from hundred of authors, arranged as the ruminations of intellectuals at a dinner party, gets around to homosexuality in book xii loeb translation 601 altogether, many persons prefer liaisons with males to those with females. The banquet of the learnedit may be considered one of the earliest collections of what are called ana, being an immense mass of anecdotes, extracts, from the writings of poets, historians, dramatists. 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. Books xiixiii holds a wealth of information for studies of homosexuality in roman greece. See key to translations for an explanation of the format. 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 bond that unites athenaeus and larensius is of a different order than the one that unites plutarch and sossius senecio.
As pelling points out, if we did not have herodotus, the sentence about cooks and fowlers would surely have been taken as a herodotus fragmentl. 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. Christian jacob, the web of athenaeus foreword chapter 1. 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. Hapalos artos soft bread, from athenaeus deipnosophistae amongst the greeks it is a bread called soft which is made with a little milk and sufficient olive oil and salt. A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book , pages 599612. Indeed, athenaeus can come up with some arresting matters in his roman sequences. Eat your books has indexed recipes from leading cookbooks and magazines as well recipes from the best food websites and blogs. The page numbers in the greek text are shown in red. Part of a complete english translation of athenaeus in progress.
The deipnosophistae is a fictitious account of several banquet conversations on food, literature, and arts held in rome by twentytwo learned men. This work uses the pretext of a series of meals attended by a variety of scholars in imperial rome to provide vast amounts of information about literature and history. Lacking ties, degradation to foreedge and corner of the front and rear covers and some wear to the page corners at the beginning and end, slight dampstain in the gutter. David bourget western ontario david chalmers anu, nyu area editors. The greek text of the deipnosophists is based on the teubner edition of georg. But dinon, in his history of persia, and lynceas of naucratis, in the third book of his history of egypt, say that it was cyrus to whom nitetis was sent. A digital edition of the deipnosophists of athenaeus of naucratis. Athenaei dipnosophistarum sive coenae sapientum libri xv.
The suda says only that he lived in the times of marcus aurelius, but the. Neven jovanovic university of zagreb has written some notes for working with the xml edition of athenaeus deipnosophistae. Written about 200 gc, athenaeuss sprawling work deipnosophists the learned banqueters has been in modern scholarship mainly a source for literary grazing. Index of places and peoplesthis index includes commodities, flora and fauna, dialects, measures, and the like associated with individual cities, regions, or peoples named in the text.
The aim is to compare the text of athenaeus with the full text of the quoted authors in order to understand his quoting habits. A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book , pages 589599. Athenaeus naucratita was a greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century ad. Digital athenaeus a digital edition of the deipnosophists of.
Book xiii, for example, is an important source for the study of sexuality in classical and hellenistic greece, and a rare fragment of theognetus work survives in 3. With usual stamps and markings, in fair condition, suitable as a study copy. An entire book dedicated to all the different foods known to man at the time, and whether they cause indigestion, flatulence, or diarrhea. Athenaeus in this section we publish a series of passages from the deipnosophists or sophists at banquet where athenaeus quotes fragments of surviving texts. Athenaeus, a native of naucratishis extant work is entitled the deipnosophistae, i.
The deipnosophistae professes to be an account, given by athenaeus to his friend timocrates, of a series of banquets held at the house. Almost all classicists and ancient historians make use of athenaeus. This text was converted to electronic form by optical character recognition and has been proofread to a high level of accuracy. Publication date 1827 publisher lipsia, weidmann collection robarts. Athenaeus, the learned banqueters, volume viii loeb. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The digital athenaeus is a project for producing a digital edition of the deipnosophists of athenaeus of naucratis. The deipnosophistae is an early 3rdcentury ad greek work by the greco egyptian author.
Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, isbn. Suidas only tells us that he lived in the times of marcus. Christian jacob, the web of athenaeus harvard university. The reality of that relation of social and economic dependence is attenuated, and expresses itself in the conventional language of friendship and hospitality, of munificence and generosity 8. The national endowment for the humanities provided support for entering this text. Archestratus archestratos was an ancient greek poet of gela or syracuse, in sicily, who wrote some time in the mid 4th century bce.
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. Provide an inventory of authors and works cited by athenaeus. The dinner sophistsphilosophersexperts by the grecoegyptian author athenaeus of naucratis. A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book, pages 571 589. The 3rdcentury ce author athenaeus is known today for his long work, the deipnosophistae dinner sophists.
The deipnosophistae is an early 3rdcentury ad greek work ancient greek. This complex and fascinating work is not only an erudite and literary encyclopedia of a myriad of curiosities. The work is focused on annotating quotations and text reuses in the deipnosophists in order to accomplish two main results. The work emerges as no mere compendium of earlier texts, but as a vibrant work of complex. Like plato in his phaedo, the author uses dialogue to describe a series of dinner parties hosted by a wealthy patron of the arts. Athenaeus article about athenaeus by the free dictionary. Fragments of this poem were originally only known from athenaeus deipnosophistae, but then a fragment was discovered on a piece of papyrus from oxyrhynchus. Noisbn contemporary vellum, author penned to spine. 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. Polybius tells us, in the thirteenth book of his history. Practical problems with athenaeus names this document has been prepared for the athenaeus hackathon held at the university of leipzig on october 1012, 2012. A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book 12, pages 510528. Practical problems with athenaeus names fragmentary texts.
If you are new here, you may want to learn a little more about how this site works. The writer, who was styled in antiquity the hesiod or theognis of gluttons, parodies the. A cast of grammarians, lexicographers, and musicians participate in conversations. The only reason to slosh through this diarrhea of words is to read the clippings from ancient plays that no longer exist which reference the food thats mentioned. The disability studies reader by lennard davis unite youth dublin. After the reference to the book number, this system. Each volume was published in a different year, but ive checked that each is in the public domain pursuant to the 1978 revision of the u. In it he pretends to tell a friend about a banquet at a scholars house whither the. With an appendix of poetical fragments, rendered into english verse by various authors, and a general index by athenaeus, of naucratis. The greek author athenaeus of naucratis 2nd3rd century ad composed a work entitled deipnosophistae the learned banqueters. An international team of literary specialists explore athenaeus work as a whole, and in its own right.