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Athenaeus

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

noun

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


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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

About 300 lines of this gastronomical poem are preserved in Athenaeus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

In one passage Athenaeus speaks of him as an Athenian, but this must be a mistake.

From On the Sublime by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell

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