Athenaeus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The best swordfish came from Byzantium and the finest wine from Lesbos, according to this Greek gourmet who, said Athenaeus, "sailed round the inhabited world for the sake of his belly".
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2011
The work itself has vanished, but 62 fragments remain, quoted in a Roman text by Athenaeus of Naucratis.
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2011
Athenaeus of Naucratis, writing in the late second or early third century ce, preserved a contemporary description of the coronation festivities for Ptolemy II Philadelphus in 285.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Athenaeus also mentions one Apion who wrote a book on luxurious living.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
He made his first appearance as an author in 1802, when he contributed to the Magasin encyclop�dique a critique on Johannes Schweigh�user’s edition of Athenaeus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
