{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg0008.tlg001.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.local001","title":"Δειπνοσοφισταί","titleGreek":"Δειπνοσοφισταί","alternateTitles":[],"author":"Athenaeus","authorityName":"ATHENAEUS Soph.","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0008-athenaeus/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0008-athenaeus/","editors":["Georg Kaibel"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Trustees of Tufts University","sourceTitle":"Athenaei Naucratitae Dipnosophistarum libri XV","edition":null,"publisher":null,"place":null,"date":"1887-1892","volume":"1-3","series":null,"citation":"Athenaeus Athenaei Naucratitae Dipnosophistarum libri XV Georg Kaibel Teubner Leipzig 1887-1892 1-3 Internet Archive Volume 1 Internet Archive Volume 2 Internet Archive Volume 3","citationShort":"Athenaeus Athenaei Naucratitae Dipnosophistarum libri XV Georg Kaibel Teubner Leipzig 1887-1892 1-3 Internet Archive Volume 1 Internet Archive Volume 2 Internet Archive Volume 3"},"rights":{"text":"Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},"provenance":{"authority":"Perseus Project","sponsors":["Perseus Project, Tufts University"],"funders":["The National Endowment for the Humanities"],"principal":"Gregory Crane","responsibilities":[{"role":"Prepared under the supervision of","names":["Bridget Almas","Alison Babeu","Monica Berti","Lisa Cerrato"]}]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-15","sourceUrl":"http://www.archive.org/details/athenaeinavcrati01atheuoft","sourceLinkType":null,"sourceRights":null,"citation":"Athenaeus. Δειπνοσοφισταί. ed. Georg Kaibel. Athenaeus Athenaei Naucratitae Dipnosophistarum libri XV Georg Kaibel Teubner Leipzig 1887-1892 1-3 Internet Archive Volume 1 Internet Archive Volume 2 Internet Archive Volume 3. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.local001","excerpt":"Ἀθήναιος μὲν ὁ τῆς βίβλου πατήρ· ποιεῖται δὲ τὸν λόγον πρὸς Τιμοκράτην· Δειπνοσοφιστὴς δὲ ταύτῃ τὸ ὄνομα. ὑπόκειται δὲ τῷ λόγῳ Λαρήνσιος Ῥωμαῖος, ἀνὴρ τῇ τύχῃ περιφανής, τοὺς κατὰ πᾶσαν παιδείαν ἐμπειροτάτους ἐν τοῖς αὑτοῦ δαιτυμόνας ποιούμενος· ἐν οἷς οὐκ ἔσθ’ οὗτινος τῶν καλλίστων οὐκ ἐμνημόνευσεν. ἰχθῦς τε γὰρ τῇ βίβλῳ ἐνέθετο καὶ τὰς τούτων χρείας καὶ τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων ἀναπτύξεις καὶ λαχάνων γένη παντοῖα καὶ ζῴων παντοδαπῶν καὶ ἄνδρας ἱστορίας συγγεγραφότας καὶ ποιητὰς καὶ φιλοσόφους καὶ ὄργανα μουσικὰ καὶ σκωμμάτων εἴδη μυρία καὶ ἐκπωμάτων διαφορὰς καὶ πλούτους βασιλέων διηγήσατο καὶ νηῶν μεγέθη καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα οὐδ’ ἂν εὐχερῶς ἀπομνημονεύσαιμι, ἢ ἐπιλίποι μ’ ἂν ἡ ἡμέρα κατ’ εἶδος διεξερχόμενον. καί ἐστιν ἡ τοῦ λόγου οἰκονομία μίμημα τῆς τοῦ δείπνου πολυτελείας καὶ ἡ τῆς βίβλου διασκευὴ τῆς ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ παρασκευῆς. τοιοῦτον ὁ θαυμαστὸς οὗτος τοῦ λόγου οἰκονόμος Ἀθήναιος ἥδιστον…","divisions":[{"label":"Book 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-1"},{"label":"Book 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-2"},{"label":"Book 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-3"},{"label":"Book 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-4"},{"label":"Book 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-5"},{"label":"Book 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-6"},{"label":"Book 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-7"},{"label":"Book 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-8"},{"label":"Book 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-9"},{"label":"Book 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-10"},{"label":"Book 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-11"},{"label":"Book 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-12"},{"label":"Book 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-13"},{"label":"Book 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-14"},{"label":"Book 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/#tlg0008-tlg001-local001-15"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008/tlg001/local001.json.gz"}}