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Courtesans & fishcakes : the consuming passions of classical Athens / James N. Davidson.
LIBRA DF275 .D23 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davidson, James N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Athens (Greece)--Social life and customs.
- Athens (Greece).
- Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Athens (Greece)--Moral conditions.
- Greece--Athens.
- Courtesans--Greece--Athens.
- Courtesans.
- Greeks--Food.
- Greeks.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Other Title:
- Courtesans and fishcakes
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Crammed with intriguing details, this illuminating appraisal of vice and excess in the cradle of democracy delivers a fascinating and engagingly written study of the hedonism that ruled Athens. of photos.
- Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Map
- Feasts
- Eating
- Drinking
- Desire
- Women and Boys
- A Purchase on the Hetaera
- The Citizen
- Bodies
- Economies
- The City
- Politics and Society
- Politics and Politicians
- Tyranny and Revolution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Copy: HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection
- ISBN:
- 0312185596
- 9780312185596
- OCLC:
- 38551371
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