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Capitula Libri Primi
Capitula Libri Secundi
Capitula Libri Tertii
Capitula Libri Quarti
Capitula Libri Quinti
Capitula Libri Sexti
Capitula Libri Septimi
Capitula Libri Octavi
Capitula Libri Noni
Capitula Libri Decimi
Capitula Libri Undecimi
Capitula Libri Duodecimi
Capitula Libri Tertii Decimi
Capitula Libri Quarti Decimi
Capitula Libri Quinti Decimi
Capitula Libri Sexti Decimi
Capitula Libri Septimi Decimi
Capitula Libri Octavi Decimi
Capitula Libri Noni Decimi
Capitula Libri Vicesimi
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A. Gellii Noctium Atticarum, Liber Primus
Liber Secundus
Liber Tertius
Liber Quartus
Liber Quintus
A. Gellii Noctium Atticarum Liber Sextus
Liber Septimus
LIBER OCTAVUS
Liber Nonus
Liber Decimus
Liber Undecimus
Liber Duodecimus
Liber Tertius Decimus
A. Gellii Noctium Atticarum Liber Quartus Decimus
Liber Quintus Decimus
Liber Sextus Decimus
Liber Septimus Decimus
Liber Octavus Decimus
Liber Nonus Decimus
Liber Vicesimus
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[2] Verba haec, quae adposuimus, Favoni sunt: “Praefecti popinae atque luxuriae negant cenam lautam esse, nisi cum lubentissime edis, tum auferatur et alia esca melior atque amplior succenturietur. Is nunc flos cenae habetur inter istos quibus sumptus et fastidium pro facetiis procedit, qui negant ullam avem praeter ficedulam totam comesse oportere; ceterarum avium atque altilium nisi tantum adponatur, ut a cluniculis inferiore parte 1 saturi fiant, convivium putant inopia sordere, superiorem partem avium atque altilium qui edint, eos palatum parum delicatum 2 habere. Si proportione pergit luxuria crescere, quid relinquitur, nisi ut delibari sibi cenas iubeant, ne edendo defetigentur, quando stratus lectuls 3 auro, argento, purpura amplior aliquot hominibus quam dis inmortalibus adornatur?” [p. 82]
The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1927.
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