Book 1
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And Athenæus dramatises his dialogue in imitation of the manner of Plato. And thus he begins:—
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TIMOCRATES. ATHENAEUS.
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Tim. Were you, Athenæus, yourself present at that delightful party of the men whom they now call Deipnosophists; which has been so much talked of all over the city; or is it only from having heard an account of it from others that you spoke of it to your companions?
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Ath. I was there myself, Timocrates.
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Tim. I wish, then, that you would communicate to us also some of that agreeable conversation which you had over your cups; Make your hand perfect by a third attempt, as the bard of CyreneCallimachus. says somewhere or other; or must we ask some one else?
