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He knew Diogenes Laertius well, though he read that author, as Montaigne did, rather for the light he throws upon the private life of the Greeks than for the philosophy in the book; and he frequently dipped into the Deipnosophist.
The Private Life of Henry Maitland Roberts, Morley, 1857-1942 1912
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Deipnosophist - a master of the art of dinner-table conversation
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Deipnosophist is a Jacobean word for a skillful dinner conversationalist.
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It should seem, however, that he followed a large and popular estimation.] [Footnote 22: Athenaeus, Deipnosophist.l. vi.p. 272.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765
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It should seem, however, that he followed a large and popular estimation.] 22 Athenaeus, Deipnosophist. l.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Natur.l. xxxiii.) and Athenaeus (Deipnosophist.l. vi.p. 272.)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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(Deipnosophist, l.xiii. p. 556,) and Apollodorus fifty, for this arduous achievement of Hercules, who was then no more than eighteen years of age, (Bibliot.l. ii.c. 4, p. 111, cum notis Heyne, part
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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