Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, A very good, clean and sound copy in purple cloth boards with gilt title on spine and good/very good mosaic ills Dust Jacket. Courtesans &amp; fishcakes: the consuming passions of classical Athens. xxvi, 371 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.. . Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-362) and index.. .

History

Davidson, James N.

Ancient Civilizations

HARPER/COLLINS

As any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imbibed liberally without ever getting drunk. In other words, James Davidson writes, he reflected the culture of ancient Greece in which he lived, a culture of passions and pleasures, of food, drink, and sex before—and in concert with—politics and principles. Athenians, the richest and most powerful of the Greeks, were as skilled at consuming as their playwrights were at devising tragedies. Weaving together Greek texts, critical theory, and witty anecdotes, this compelling and accessible study teaches the reader a great deal, not only about the banquets and temptations of ancient Athens, but also about how to read Greek comedy and history.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

University of Chicago Press

A portrait of life in ancient Athens examines the hedonistic lifestyles of the Greeks, detailing the vice, excess, and ephemeral pleasures that marked the classical world

Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

Thomas Dunne Books

One Mykonos

Travel

Europe

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