The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet Of The Learned
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About The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet Of The Learned
Athenæus appears to have been imbued with a great love of learning, in the pursuit of which he indulged in the most extensive and multifarious reading; and the principal value of his work is, that by its copious quotations it preserves to us large fragments from the ancient poets, which would otherwise have perished. ...