{"product_id":"courtesans-and-fishcakes-the-consuming-passions-of-classical-athens-9780006863434","title":"Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSex, shopping and fish-madness, Athenian style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Davidson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fontana Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780006863434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Davidson lectures in ancient history and the classical languages at the University of Warwick. He was previously a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fontana Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43093231468659,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_86cb2d8c-6d1f-4537-8eef-f5e6554bc893.jpg?v=1748525093","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/courtesans-and-fishcakes-the-consuming-passions-of-classical-athens-9780006863434","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}