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The Deipnosophists
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Letters & EssaysLiterary CriticismReligion General
ISBN13: 9781024851113
Publisher: Hutson Street Press
Published: May 22 2025
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.47
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Deipnosophists, by Athenaeus of Naucratis, is a sprawling and erudite work, presented as a dialogue taking place during a series of banquets. In this feast of words, a group of learned men discuss a vast range of topics, drawing upon a wealth of classical literature, history, and philosophy.
Volume 1 of this monumental work offers a fascinating glimpse into the intellectual life of the ancient world. Athenaeus preserves fragments from otherwise lost works, making The Deipnosophists an invaluable resource for scholars and anyone interested in the culture and thought of ancient Greece. This edition makes accessible the wit, wisdom, and encyclopedic knowledge contained within Athenaeus's masterpiece.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
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