Athenaeus

American  

[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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Example Sentences

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

Athenaeus vi. 265-266; Herodotus i. 160-165, vi. 15-31; Thucydides viii. 14-61; Corpus Inscr.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

Of the two histories we possess abridgments by Photius, and fragments are preserved in Athenaeus, Plutarch and especially Diodorus Siculus, whose second book is mainly from Ctesias.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various