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The Character of Laurentius--Hospitable and Liberal Men-- Those who have written about Feasts--Epicures--The Praises of Wine--Names of Meals--Fashions at Meals--Dances--Games --Baths--Partiality of the Greeks for Amusements--Dancing and Dancers--Use of some Words--Exercise--Ki...
The Character of Laurentius--Hospitable and Liberal Men-- Those who have written about Feasts--Epicures--The Praises of Wine--Names of Meals--Fashions at Meals--Dances--Games --...
2. BOOK II.--EPITOME.3. BOOK III.4. BOOK IV.Feast of Caranus--Supper of Iphicrates--Cooks--Dancing at Banquets--The Attic Banquet--Athenian Feasts--The Copis-- The Phiditia--Cleomenes--Persian Banquets--Alexander the Grea...
5. BOOK V.Banquets--Baths--Banquets--The Banquets described by Homer --Banquets--The Palaces of Homer's Kings--Conversation at Banquets--Customs in Homer's Time--Attitudes of Guests-- Fea...
6. BOOK VI.Tragedy--Fishmongers--Misconduct of Fishmongers--Use of particular Words--Use of Silver Plate--Silver Plate-- Golden Trinkets--Use of Gold in different Countries-- Parasites--Gy...
7. BOOK VII.8. BOOK I.--EPITOME.1. Athenæus is the author of this book; and in it he is discoursing with Timocrates: and the name of the book is the Deipnosophists. In this work Laurentius is introduced, a Rom...
9. BOOK II.1. The conversation which you reported to me did not allow me to give up a considerable portion of the day to sleep, as it was of a very varied nature.
10. BOOK III.--EPITOME.You may sow the Egyptian bean, in order in summer To make its flowers into garlands; and when the ciboria Have fallen, then give the ripe fruit to the youths Who are feasting wi...
11. BOOK IV.1. Hippolochus the Macedonian, my friend Timocrates, lived in the time of Lynceus and Douris of Samos, pupils of Theophrastus[210:1] the Eresian. And he had made a bargain with...
12. BOOK V.1. But since, O Timocrates, we have now had a great deal of conversation on the subject of banquets in all that has been hitherto said; and since we have passed over those thing...
13. BOOK VI.1. Since you ask me every time that you meet me, my friend Timocrates, what was said by the Deipnosophists, thinking that we are making some discoveries, we will remind you of w...
14. BOOK VII.1. And when the Banquet was now finished, the cynics, thinking that the festival of the Phagesia was being celebrated, were delighted above all things, and Cynulcus said,--While...
15. Book VII. was missing from the Table of Contents in the original. TheThere are numerous long quotations in the original, many missing the closing quotation mark. Since it is often difficult to determine where a quotation begins or ends, the trans...