The Athenaeus, of Naucratis creator Yonge, Charles Duke 1812-1891 text utu 2021 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 2 (of 3)" by Athenaeus of Naucratis is a work written around 200 AD. This elaborate dialogue recounts banquets hosted by wealthy patron Publius Livius Larensis, where scholars, musicians, and jurists gather for refined conversation. Through their discussions, the work preserves invaluable quotations from approximately 700 earlier Greek authors and 2,500 writings, many otherwise lost to history. Topics range from food and wine to literary gossip, sexual mores, and philology, offering a rich window into Hellenistic culture during the Roman Empire. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deipnosophistae Release date is 2021-04-07 Brian Wilsden, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Greece -- Social life and customs Civilization, Greco-Roman Dinners and dining -- Greece Homosexuality -- Greece PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65023 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65023 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134512.0 65023