The Athenaeus, of Naucratis creator Yonge, Charles Duke 1812-1891 text utu 2011 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 1 (of 3)" by Athenaeus of Naucratis is a work written around 200 AD. Set at elaborate Roman banquets, this sprawling dialogue features grammarians, musicians, and scholars discussing food, wine, literature, and culture. Through their conversations, the work preserves invaluable fragments from approximately 700 earlier Greek authors and 2,500 writings—many now lost to history. The text includes ancient recipes, literary gossip, philosophical debates, and colorful details about the Hellenistic leisured class during the Roman Empire. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deipnosophistae Release date is 2011-07-31 Produced by David Gil, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This produced from images hosted by the University of Wisconsin's Digital Collections.) 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/36921 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36921 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133837.0 36921