John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9187 Athenaeus fl 200 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9187 |
| AUTHOR: | Athenaeus (fl. c. 200) |
| QUOTATION: | Dorion, ridiculing the description of a tempest in the “Nautilus” of Timotheus, said that he had seen a more formidable storm in a boiling saucepan. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Deipnosophists. viii. 19. |
| Note 1. Tempest in a teapot.—Proverb. [back] |