The learned banqueters / Athenaeus ; edited and translated by S. Douglas Olsen.
The learned banqueters / Athenaeus ; edited and translated by S. Douglas Olsen.
The learned banqueters / Athenaeus ; edited and translated by S. Douglas Olsen.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006-
Date
2006-
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N888.01/3 , N888.01/3 SET
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Language
English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Physical Description
Physical content
< v. 1-6, 8> ; 17 cm.
Contents
v. 1. bks I-III.106e -- v. 2. bks III.106e-V --v. 3 bks VI-VII -- v. 4 bk. S-10.42e-- v. 5. bks 10.420e-11 -- v.6. bks. 12-13.594b -- v. 8. Book 15; Indexes.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006-
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2006-
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Summary
In the Learned Banqueters, Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century CE) is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as a treasury of quotations from works now lost. Athenaeus also prescrves a wide range of information abo...
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The learned banqueters / Athenaeus ; edited and translated by S. Douglas Olsen.
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The Loeb classical library ; 204, 208, 224, 235, 327, 519.
The Loeb classical library ; 204, 208, 224, 235.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Language note
Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages; prefatory matter in English.
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N888.01/3 , N888.01/3 SET
Record Identifier
74VK7qyQqv5O
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ISBN
9780674996762 (v. 8)
9780674996205 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
0674996208 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
9780674996212 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
0674996216 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
9780674996243 (v. 3 : alk. paper)
9780674996267 (v. 4)
0674996267 (v. 4)
9780674996328 (v. 5)
0674996321 (v. 5)
9780674996397 (v. 6)
DDC
888.01
MMS ID
991022733769702626
