Athenaeus

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Athenaeus was an ancient Greek rhetorician and grammarian best known for his expansive work "Deipnosophistae," a rich source on classical literature, food, and social customs.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Athenaeus canonical 14
Athenaeus of Naucratis 2
Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek author ⓘ
grammarian ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Alexandria ⓘ
Naucratis ⓘ
linked to: Naukratis
culturalContext Greek under the Roman Empire ⓘ
fieldOfWork antiquarian studies ⓘ
gastronomy ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
philology ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
floruit early 3rd century CE ⓘ
late 2nd century CE ⓘ
genre learned dialogue ⓘ
miscellany ⓘ
symposium literature ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Sophistic ⓘ
influencedField classical philology ⓘ
history of food ⓘ
reconstruction of lost Greek texts ⓘ
knownFor Deipnosophistae ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
nameInGreek Ἀθήναιος ⓘ
notableWork Deipnosophistae ⓘ
The Deipnosophists ⓘ
linked to: Deipnosophistae
preservationRole preserves fragments of earlier authors ⓘ
primaryTheme banquets ⓘ
classical literature ⓘ
food and dining ⓘ
social customs ⓘ
profession grammarian ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
sourceFor Greek social history ⓘ
ancient gastronomy ⓘ
ancient music and entertainment ⓘ
lost Greek literature ⓘ
quotations from earlier authors ⓘ
usesSourcesFrom Hellenistic period ⓘ
classical Athens ⓘ
linked to: Classical Athens

early Roman period ⓘ
workForm conversation among learned diners ⓘ
workLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
workStructure dialogue at a banquet ⓘ
writingStyle anecdotal ⓘ
digressive ⓘ
erudite ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollodorus of Athens → citedBy → Athenaeus ⓘ
Sybaris → mentionedBy → Athenaeus ⓘ
Glaucus → sourceText → Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae ⓘ
linked to: Athenaeus
Milo of Croton → mentionedBy → Athenaeus ⓘ
Anteros → literarySource → Athenaeus ⓘ
Ἀθήναιος → nameInLatin → Athenaeus ⓘ
Ἀθήναιος → nameInEnglish → Athenaeus ⓘ
Deipnosophistae → author → Athenaeus of Naucratis ⓘ
linked to: Athenaeus
Deipnosophistae → narrator → Athenaeus ⓘ
Dialogue at a Banquet → author → Athenaeus ⓘ
subject linked to: dialogue at a banquet
Dialogue at a Banquet → workOf → Athenaeus of Naucratis ⓘ
subject linked to: dialogue at a banquet
linked to: Athenaeus
Sardanapalus → mentionedBy → Athenaeus ⓘ
Persica → usedAsSourceBy → Athenaeus ⓘ