WorkAthenaeus of Naucratis

Deipnosophistae

Deipnosophistae (200 AD), Inferred

Athenaeus of Naucratis (c. 170–c. 230 CE) · 200 AD

InferredFuller names Athenaeus in the context of a claim about the melody Linus; this appears in the Deipnosophistae. Fuller names Athenaeus and cites his claim about the Linus melody. The most likely source is Athenaeus's Deipnosophistae (The Dinner-Table Philosophers), an encyclopedic work on music, food, and culture.

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On Xenophon, Cyrus, and Socrates

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“There was a melody called Linus after the poet. Athenaeus says it was a very melancholy strain.”

Fuller, Margaret. "On Xenophon, Cyrus, and Socrates." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred Fuller names Athenaeus in the context of a claim about the melody Linus; this appears in the Deipnosophistae. Fuller names Athenaeus and cites his claim about the Linus melody. The most likely source is Athenaeus's Deipnosophistae (The Dinner-Table Philosophers), an encyclopedic work on music, food, and culture.