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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (Revised)

by Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (Revised)

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A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex.

Sex, shopping and fish-madness, Athenian style.

This fascinating book reveals that the ancient Athenians were supreme hedonists. Their society was driven by an insatiable lust for culinary delights - especially fish - fine wine and pleasures of the flesh. Indeed, great fortunes were squandered and politicians' careers ruined through ritual drinking at the symposium, or the wooing of highly-coveted, costly prostitutes.

James Davidson brings an incisive eye and an urbane wit to this refreshingly accessible and different history of the people who invented Europe, democracy and art.

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Product Details

  • Fontana Press Brand
  • Jul 20, 1998 Pub Date:
  • 0006863434 ISBN-10:
  • 9780006863434 ISBN-13:
  • English Language
  • 400.0 pages Paperback
  • 7.8 in * 1.02 in * 5.06 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: