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Courtesans & fishcakes : the consuming passions of classical Athens /

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.

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Main Author: Davidson, James N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Courtesans > Greece > Athens.
Greeks > Food.
Athens (Greece) > Social life and customs.
Greece > Civilization > To 146 B.C.
Greece.
Athens (Greece) > Moral conditions.
Greece > Athens.
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Table of 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.

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