BOHN'S CLASSICAL LIBRARY.

THE

DEIPNOSOPHISTS

OR

BANQUET OF THE LEARNED

05

ATHENÆUS.

LONDON:

R CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL

THE

DEIPNOSOPHISTS

OR

BANQUET OF THE LEARNED

OF

ATHENEUS.

LITERALLY TRANSLATED

BY C. D. YONGE, B. A.

WITH AN APPENDIX OF POETICAL FRAGMENTS,

RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY VARIOUS AUTHORS,

AND A GENERAL INDEX.

ANFORD LIBRARY

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCC LIV.

198702

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

BOOK XII.

Love of Pleasure-Luxury of the Persians-Profligacy of the Lydians

Persian Customs-The Sybarites-The Tarentines-The Milesians-

The Abydenes-The Colophonians-Luxury of the Syrians-Of the

Asiatic Kings-Sardanapalus-Philip-The Pisistratida-Alcibiades

-Pausanias-Diomnestus-Alexander - Polycrates - Agrigentum

-Lucullus -Aristippus - The Persian -Epicurus-Anaxarchus —

Ptolemy Euergetes-The Lacedæmonians -Cinesias-Anointing-

Venus Callipyge

BOOK XIII.

818-888

Lacedæmonian Marriages-Hercules-Rapacity of Courtesans-Folly

of Marrying-Love-Beauty-Courtesans-Hetæræ-Courtesans-

Love-Beauty of Women-Praise of Modesty-Faults of Philoso-

phers-Lending Money

888-978

BOOK XIV.

Jesters - Concerts - Songs - Rhapsodists — Magodi — Harp-players-

Music-Dancing -Dances-Music-Musical Instruments-Music-

Love Songs-Sweetmeats-Different Courses at Dinner-Dessert-

Cheesecakes —Cakes - Vegetables-Pomegranates—Figs—Grapes—

Peacocks-Partridges-The Helots-Cheese-Cooks-The Thes-

978-1062

salians-Ματτύη

BOOK XV.

The Cottabus-Garlands - Dyes - Perfumes - Libations - Scolia-

Parodies-Torches

1062-1122