{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg0008.tlg001.local002","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.local002","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":["Charles Burton Gulick"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Trustees of Tufts University","sourceTitle":"The Deipnosophists","edition":null,"publisher":null,"place":null,"date":"1927-1941","volume":"1-7","series":"Loeb Classical Library","citation":"Athenaeus The Deipnosophists Charles Burton Gulick London William Heinemann Ltd. New York G. P. 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Athenaeus The Deipnosophists Charles Burton Gulick London William Heinemann Ltd. New York G. P. Putnam's Sons Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 1927-1941 1-7 Loeb Classical Library Internet Archive Internet Archive Internet Archive Internet Archive Internet Archive Internet Archive Internet Archive. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.local002","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 ἂν με 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.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-1"},{"label":"Book 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-2"},{"label":"Book 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-3"},{"label":"Book 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-4"},{"label":"Book 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-5"},{"label":"Book 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-6"},{"label":"Book 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-7"},{"label":"Book 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-8"},{"label":"Book 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-9"},{"label":"Book 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-10"},{"label":"Book 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-11"},{"label":"Book 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-12"},{"label":"Book 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-13"},{"label":"Book 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-14"},{"label":"Book 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/#tlg0008-tlg001-local002-15"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0008.tlg001.local002.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0008/tlg001/local002.json.gz"}}