Athenaeus buch Deipnosophistae
VI, 23, referring to mining operations.
Deipnosophistae (2nd century)
Athenaios war ein griechischer Poikilograph aus Naukratis in Ägypten. Athenaios wirkte während der Herrschaft der severischen Kaiser und lebte anfangs in Alexandria, später in der Hauptstadt Rom. Wikipedia
Athenaeus buch Deipnosophistae
VI, 23, referring to mining operations.
Deipnosophistae (2nd century)
Athenaeus buch Deipnosophistae
VII, 11. Compare: "I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else", Samuel Johnson, in Life of Johnson (Boswell). 29 Vol. ii. Chap. ix. 1763.
Deipnosophistae (2nd century)
Athenaeus buch Deipnosophistae
XIII, 47.
Deipnosophistae (2nd century)
“Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.”
Athenaeus buch Deipnosophistae
XIV, 6. Compare: "They ’re only truly great who are truly good", George Chapman, Revenge for Honour, Act v. Sc. 2.
Deipnosophistae (2nd century)
Athenaeus buch Deipnosophistae
VIII, 19. Compare: "Tempest in a teapot" (proverb).
Deipnosophistae (2nd century)