International journal of moral and social studies 8. A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book , pages 589599. This text was converted to electronic form by optical character recognition and has been proofread to a high level of accuracy. Marcus, and administered the greek as well as the national rites of rome. In addition to its main focuses, the text offers an unusually clear portrait of homosexuality in late hellenism. The deipnosophists book , pages 599612 translated by c. Digital athenaeus a digital edition of the deipnosophists of. The deipnosophistae was originally in fifteen books. The deipnosophistae is an early 3rdcentury ad greek work by the grecoegyptian author. Books xiixiii holds a wealth of information for studies of. Each volume was published in a different year, but ive checked that each is in the public domain pursuant to the 1978 revision of the u.
A translation of excerpts from athenaeus deipnosophists, book, pages 571589. In homer the feasters were not in the habit of carrying home anything left over. Accordingly istrus, in the fourteenth book of his history of the affairs of athens, giving a catalogue of those women who became the wives of theseus, says that. The national endowment for the humanities provided support for entering this text. Although the numerous witticisms of courtesans recorded by athenaeus in book of the deipnosophistae 577d85f comprise an important source, if not of the actual words of hetaeras, at least of. Accessible book, ana, anecdotes, aphorisms and apothegms, early works to. The deipnosophists book , pages 551571 translated by c.
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