Deipnosophistae
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| - | :When [[Sophocles]], in spite of his advanced years, induced the courtesan [[Aganippe]] to fulfil his desires, winning her over by the reward he offered, [[Archippus]] [her lover, the comic poet] was filled with indignation. Mad with jealousy, he lampooned both of them with this verse: As a night owl perches on a tomb, as an eagle owl on corpses, so my girl sits with Sophocles. | + | The '''''Deipnosophistae''''' (''deipnon'', "dinner", and ''sophistai'', "professors"; original Greek title ''{{polytonic|Δειπνοσοφισταί}}'', ''Deipnosophistai'', English '''''Deipnosophists''''') may be translated as ''The Banquet of the Learned'' or ''Philosophers at Dinner'' or ''The Gastronomers''. The ''Deipnosophists'' is a long work of literary and antiquarian research by the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] author [[Athenaeus]] of [[Naucratis]] in Egypt, written in [[Rome]] in the early 3rd century AD. The protagonist is Ulpian, the host of a leisurely banquet whose main purpose is literary, historical and antiquarian conversation. Characters include grammarians, lexicographers, jurists, musicians and hangers-on. |
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| - | (A story taken from [[Athenaeus]], [[Deipnosophistae]], 13.592b. Sophocles is the great tragic poet, of whom several such tales were told. He made Aganippe the beneficiary under his will. But [[Alciato]] (and so his translators) confuse Aganippe (the courtesan) with Archippus (the comic poet). | + | |
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The Deipnosophistae (deipnon, "dinner", and sophistai, "professors"; original Greek title Template:Polytonic, Deipnosophistai, English Deipnosophists) may be translated as The Banquet of the Learned or Philosophers at Dinner or The Gastronomers. The Deipnosophists is a long work of literary and antiquarian research by the Hellenistic author Athenaeus of Naucratis in Egypt, written in Rome in the early 3rd century AD. The protagonist is Ulpian, the host of a leisurely banquet whose main purpose is literary, historical and antiquarian conversation. Characters include grammarians, lexicographers, jurists, musicians and hangers-on.
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