Courtesans and Fishcakes The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

Name: Courtesans and Fishcakes The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
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ISBN: 9780226137438

ISBN-10: 0226137430

ISBN-13: 9780226137438

Edition: 2011

Authors: James N. Davidson

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As any reader of theSymposiumknows, 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 beforeand in concert withpolitics 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…

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

JAMES DAVIDSON is Reader in Ancient History at the University of Warwick. He has written on a wide range of ancient topics, including the historiography of Roman imperialism, prostitution, drinking to get drunk, low-class mimes, sacred time and fish. He is the author of COURTESANS AND FISHCAKES: THE CONSUMING PASSIONS OF CLASSICAL ATHENS (1997), and is a irregular contributor to The London Review of Books among other journals.