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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
By (author) James Davidson
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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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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 1 Jun 2009
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Format | Paperback
Pages | 410
Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 21mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 439g
ISBN | 978-0-0073-2960-1
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BISAC | history / ancient / greece
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