# The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 1 (of 3)

By of Naucratis Athenaeus.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Charles Duke Yonge
- Subjects: Greece -- Social life and customs; Civilization, Greco-Roman; Dinners and dining -- Greece; Homosexuality -- Greece

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