Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens by James Davidson

Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

James Davidson

398 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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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....

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