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Ancient world historical anecdotes through banquet conversations.,
By Matajimaya "Mary" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Athenaeus: The Deipnosophists, Volume V, Books 11-12 (Loeb Classical Library No. 274) (Hardcover)
This book is very invaluable as the author has cited many other authors and excerpts which would be lost for us otherwise. Also details on life as it was at the time are given with precision, and in a charming manner. Loeb is a treasure as it gives us an established version in the Greek (or Latin) text and a very good translation facing the text, with many notes, and a thorough index. Athenaeus for sure has saved for us many events and descriptions which help the historian in a priceless way. However, this is Volume V in Loeb, which does not mean it is Athenaeus' book V. So, with Loeb we have to be careful because their volumes do not correspond to the authors' books numbers. Yet the format is irresistible as we can hold a Loeb in the palm of our hands, read them in an airplane, in a waiting room, on a bus; we can easily place a Loeb in a purse. Very good! I would recommend Athenaeus to those who are interested in knowing how life was in Ancient Times Egypt, Greece and Asia Minor.
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Athenaeus: The Deipnosophists, Volume V, Books 11-12 (Loeb Classical Library No. 274) by Athenaeus (Hardcover - Jan. 1933)
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