Athenaeus

In this section we publish a series of passages from the Deipnosophists (or Sophists at Banquet) where Athenaeus quotes fragments of surviving texts. The aim is to compare the text of Athenaeus with the full text of the quoted authors in order to understand his quoting habits.

Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 4.15 (Kaibel) and Herodotus 9.82

Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 5.15 (Kaibel) and Thucydides 4.103.1

Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 6.19 (Kaibel) and Herodotus 2.151

Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 12.58 (Kaibel) and Herodotus 6.127

Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.54 (Kaibel) and Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.11.1