This is a list of the 24 characters (deipnosophists or sophists at dinner) who take part in the banquet described by Athenaeus of Naucratis in the Deipnosophistae.[1][2] Some of them can be probably identified with great names of the past, but it is still debated if most of the Deipnosophists were fictions. A digital version of the index of the characters of the Deipnosophists published by Georg Kaibel is available through the Digital Athenaeus project (Dialogi Personae).
Characters edit
Athenaeus of Naucratis edit
Athenaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀθήναιος) is the narrator of the Deipnosophistae and also a guest at the dinner party described in the work.[3][4] He is presented as the father of the book and as offering his account to Timocrates, imitating Plato in his dramatization of the dialogue. In the text we are informed that Athenaeus wrote also a work On the Kings of Syria (5.211a = 5.47 = FGrHist 166 F 1 = BNJ 166 F 1) and a private treatise on small sea-fishes (thraittai) (7.329c = 7.138).[5][6]
Timocrates edit
Timocrates (Ancient Greek: Τιμοκράτης) is Athenaeus’ interlocutor (1.1a = 1.1).
Aemilian of Mauretania edit
Aemilianus of Mauretania (Ancient Greek: Αἰμιλιανὸς Μαυρούσιος) is a grammarian (e.g., 3.126b = 3.100).[7]
Alcides of Alexandria edit
Alceides of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκείδης Ἀλεξανδρεύς) is a musician (1.1f = 1.2; 4.174b = 4.75).[8]
Amoebeus edit
Amoebus (Ancient Greek: Ἀμοιβεύς) is a citharode (14.622d–e = 14.17).[8]
Arrian edit
Arrian (Ancient Greek: Ἀρριανός) is a grammarian (3.113a = 3.79).[8]
Cynulcus edit
Cynulcus (Ancient Greek: Κύνουλκος is a Cynic philosopher whose given name is Theodorus (e.g. 1.1d = 1.2; 3.97c = 3.51).[9]
Daphnus of Ephesus edit
Daphnus of Ephesus (Ancient Greek: Δάφνος Ἐφέσιος) is a physician (e.g. 1.1e = 1.2; 2.51a = 2.35).[10]
Democritus of Nicomedia edit
Democritus of Nicomedia (Ancient Greek: Δημόκριτος Νίκομηδεύς) is a philosopher (1.1e = 1.2; 3.83c = 3.25).[11]
Dionysocles edit
Dionysocles (Ancient Greek: Διονυσοκλῆς is a physician (3.96d = 3.50, 116d = 3.84).
Galen of Pergamum edit
Galen of Pergamum (Ancient Greek: Γαληνός τε ὁ Περγαμηνός is the famous physician (e.g. 1.1e = 1.2, 26c = 1.48).
Larensius edit
Larensius of Rome (Ancient Greek: Λαρήνσιος Ῥωμαῖος) is identified with Publius Livius Larensis, a Roman official and also host of the party of the Deipnosophistae (e.g. 1.1a = 1.1; 2.50f = 2.35).
Leonides of Elis edit
Leonides of Elis (Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδης ὁ Ἠλεῖος) is a grammarian (e.g.:1.1d = 1.2; 3.96d = 3.50).[11]
Magnus edit
Magnus (Ancient Greek: Μάγνος) is defined as philotrápezos (fond of the table), but is not associated with any professions or arts (e.g. 3.74c = 3.6).[11]
Masurius edit
Masurius (Ancient Greek: Μανσούριος) is a jurist, poet and musician, and can be probably identified with Masurius Sabinus (e.g. 1.1c = 1.2; 14.623e = 14.18).[12]
Myrtilus of Thessaly edit
Myrtilus of Thessaly (Ancient Greek: Μυρτίλος Θετταλικός) is a grammarian (e.g. 3.83a = 3.25).[12]
Palamedes the Eleatic edit
Palamedes the Eleatic (Ancient Greek: ὁ Ἐλεατικὸς Παλαμήδης) is a lexicographer (9.379a = 9.55).[13]
Philadelphus of Ptolemais edit
Philadelphus of Ptolemais (Ancient Greek: Φιλάδελφός τε ὁ Πτολεμαεύς) is a philosopher (1.1d = 1.2).[13]
Plutarch of Alexandria edit
Plutarch of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Πλούταρχος) is a grammarian (e.g. 1.1c = 1.2; 3.83b = 3.25).[14]
Pontian of Nicomedia edit
Pontianus of Nicomedia (Ancient Greek: Ποντιανὸς Νικομηδεύς) is a philosopher (1.1d = 1.2; 3.109b = 3.74).[11]
Rufinus of Nicaea edit
Rufinus of Nicaea (Ancient Greek: Ῥουφῖνός τε ὁ Νικαεύς) is a physician (1.1f = 1.2).
Ulpian of Tyre edit
Ulpian of Tyre (Ancient Greek: Οὐλπιανὸς ὁ Τύριος) is a grammarian and also symposiarch and possibly father of the famous jurist Ulpian (e.g. 1.1d = 1.2; 2.49a = 2.32).[15]
Varus edit
Varus (Ancient Greek: Οὔαρος is a grammarian (3.118d = 3.88).[14]
Zoilus edit
Zoilus (Ancient Greek: Ζωίλος) is a grammarian (e.g. 1.1d = 1.2; 7.277c = 7.5).[16]
References edit
- ^ Baldwin 1977, p. 37-48.
- ^ Olson 2006, p. xxiii.
- ^ Baldwin 1976, p. 21-42.
- ^ Braund & Wilkins 2000.
- ^ Brill's New Jacoby 166 F 1
- ^ Braund & Wilkins 2000, pp. 514–522.
- ^ Baldwin 1977, p. 39.
- ^ a b c Baldwin 1977, p. 41.
- ^ Baldwin 1977, p. 42.
- ^ Baldwin 1977, p. 43.
- ^ a b c d Baldwin 1977, p. 44.
- ^ a b Baldwin 1977, p. 45.
- ^ a b Baldwin 1977, p. 46.
- ^ a b Baldwin 1977, p. 47.
- ^ Baldwin 1977, p. 37.
- ^ Baldwin 1977, p. 48.
Bibliography edit
- Baldwin, Barry (1976). "Athenaeus and His Work". Acta Classica. 19: 21–42. JSTOR 24591503.
- Baldwin, Barry (1977). "The Minor Characters in Athenaeus". Acta Classica. 20: 37–48. JSTOR 24591523.
- Braund, David; Wilkins, John, eds. (2000). Athenaeus and His World: Reading Greek Culture in the Roman Empire. Exeter. ISBN 9780859896610.
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