Courtesans and Fishcakes - The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (Hardcover)

James Davidsons concern is with ancient appetites: food, drink and sex in classical Athens. At one level, he provides a guided tour from bordello to Billingsgate; at another, an essay on the politics of consumption. Fish did loom large: it was the gourmet food, and therefore the social indicator. Literary critics found it extraordinary that the heroes of the Iliad lived on kebabs, though they were camped near the rich fishing grounds of the Dardanelles.

Hardcover. English. Harper Collins. 1997. ISBN: 9780002555913. 371 pp. Good with dw. Book No: 62475