The Learned Banqueters, IV, Books 8-10.420e

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In The Learned Banqueters (late-2nd century CE), Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information about Greek culture.

subjects: Aphorisms and apothegms,  Ouvrages avant 1800,  Early works to 1800,  Aphorismes et apophtegmes,  Gastronomy