Deipnosophistae

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ancient Greek work dialogue literary work miscellany

Deipnosophistae is an ancient Greek work by Athenaeus that presents a wide-ranging compilation of literary, historical, and gastronomic knowledge in the form of learned banqueting conversations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Deipnosophistae canonical	2
The Deipnosophists	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek work ⓘ dialogue ⓘ literary work ⓘ miscellany ⓘ
alternativeTitle	The Deipnosophists NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Athenaeus of Naucratis NERFINISHED ⓘ
character	Democritus NERFINISHED ⓘ Masurius NERFINISHED ⓘ Plutarch of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulpian of Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ
citedAs	Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae NERFINISHED ⓘ
frameNarrativeAddressee	Timocrates NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	gastronomic literature ⓘ literary anthology ⓘ symposium literature ⓘ
hasModernEditions	critical editions with commentary ⓘ
influenceOn	Renaissance humanist scholarship ⓘ history of food studies ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	prose dialogue ⓘ
literaryTradition	Greek symposium tradition ⓘ
mainTheme	banqueting ⓘ erudition ⓘ gastronomy ⓘ literary quotation ⓘ music and entertainment ⓘ
narrativeFrame	banquet conversation ⓘ
narrator	Athenaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	contains extensive quotations of classical literature ⓘ important source for ancient gastronomy ⓘ important source for social history of banqueting ⓘ preserves fragments of many lost Greek authors ⓘ
period	Second Sophistic NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn	medieval manuscripts ⓘ
setting	banquet at the house of Larensius ⓘ
structure	fifteen books ⓘ
subjectMatter	courtesans and love ⓘ food and dining customs ⓘ literary history ⓘ luxury and extravagance ⓘ music and performance ⓘ quotations from earlier authors ⓘ wine and drinking customs ⓘ
survivalState	partially preserved ⓘ some books abridged ⓘ
timeOfComposition	late 2nd century CE ⓘ
titleMeaning	The Learned Banqueters NERFINISHED ⓘ
workType	compilation of literary, historical, and gastronomic knowledge ⓘ

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Athenaeus → knownFor → Deipnosophistae ⓘ

Athenaeus → notableWork → Deipnosophistae ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Deipnosophists