Athenaeus

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[ath-uh-nee-uhs, -nay-] / ˌæθ əˈni əs, -ˈneɪ- /

noun

1. late 2nd century a.d., Greek philosopher and rhetorician at Naucratis in Egypt.

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Athenaeus

The work itself has vanished, but 62 fragments remain, quoted in a Roman text by Athenaeus of Naucratis.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2011

The best swordfish came from Byzantium and the finest wine from Lesbos, according to this Greek gourmet who, said Athenaeus, "sailed round the inhabited world for the sake of his belly".

From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2011

Athenaeus of Naucratis, writing in the late second or early third century ce, preserved a contemporary description of the coronation festivities for Ptolemy II Philadelphus in 285.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Notwithstanding professed descriptions of several libraries found in Aulus Gellius, Athenaeus, and others, who wrote centuries after the alleged collections were made, we lack the convincing evidence of eye-witnesses and contemporaries.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Athenaeus quotes an author who said: "You will be choked like those who waste after eating mushrooms."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

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