The Learned Banqueters Vol. III

This volume of Athenaeus of Naucratis's *Deipnosophistae* presents Books 6 and 7 of the ancient Greek symposium text, in which learned dinner guests engage in wide-ranging discussions of food, drink, literature, and culture. Rather than a practical recipe collection, it functions as a scholarly reference work, drawing on hundreds of earlier Greek authors to preserve an extraordinary body of ancient culinary and gastronomic knowledge; Book 7 is particularly notable for its extensive catalog of fish and seafood. Published as part of the bilingual Loeb Classical Library series, the volume offers the original Greek text alongside an English translation, making it accessible to classicists, food historians, and readers with a serious interest in the culinary traditions of the ancient Mediterranean world.