The Learned Banqueters Vol. V

Volume V of the Loeb Classical Library edition of Athenaeus's *Deipnosophistae* (c. 200 CE) covers Books 10.420e–11 of this foundational ancient Greek text, in which a gathering of scholars converses at an elaborate dinner on topics ranging from food, wine, and dining customs to music, literature, and Greek culture more broadly. Edited and translated by S. Douglas Olson, the volume presents the original Greek text alongside an English translation with scholarly apparatus, making it accessible to classicists and serious students of ancient Mediterranean culture. The work is of considerable historical significance as a primary source for Greco-Roman culinary practices and ingredients, preserving extensive quotations from authors whose works would otherwise be lost entirely.