Athenaeus

[ ath-uh-nee-uh s, -ney- ]

/ ˌæθ əˈni əs, -ˈneɪ- /

noun

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

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Example sentences from the Web for athenaeus

Athenaeus (281 b, 395 d) mentions a poem called Κάθοδος Ἀτρειδῶν, of which nothing seems to be known elsewhere.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick
Athenaeus says that it was not rare to find Roman citizens possessed of 20,000 slaves.
Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic|Andrew Stephenson
This literary thrift will always give rank to the work of Athenaeus, poor as it is.
Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2|Charles Dudley Warner
This passage shows the redundancy of expression which disfigures so much of Athenaeus.
Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2|Charles Dudley Warner

That there were other Greek writers who dealt with fish and fishing and composed "halieutics" we know from Athenaeus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1|Various

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