Classical Literature Companion:
Anthimus
Anthimus, Greek doctor who wrote soon after AD 511, in the form of a letter to Theodoric the Great (see GOTHS), a short Latin treatise ‘on dietetics’, De observatione ciborum, half medical textbook, half cookery book. The book is of great interest for the picture it gives of the eating and drinking habits of a Germanic people, and for the unclassical nature of the author's language which he had learnt entirely from the speech of the people (see LATIN
