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A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians’ consuming passions for food, wine and sex.



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‘Davidson is the best thing to happen to ancient history writing for decades’
Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday

‘There are pleasures and authors who lie dormant for a century or more until a new kind of vividness, a super-freshness descends on them. James Davidson has that skill.’
Spectator

‘If little boys are still being made to learn dead languages, and expected to enjoy them, I hope their Greek master reads Davidson’s fascinating and witty book, and tells them the best stories from it. This certainly ought to wake them up at the back of the class.’
Sunday Times

Courtesans and Fishcakes The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780006863434, 978-0006863434
      ISBN10: 0006863434
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians’ consuming passions for food, wine and sex.



      Trade Review

      ‘Davidson is the best thing to happen to ancient history writing for decades’
      Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday

      ‘There are pleasures and authors who lie dormant for a century or more until a new kind of vividness, a super-freshness descends on them. James Davidson has that skill.’
      Spectator

      ‘If little boys are still being made to learn dead languages, and expected to enjoy them, I hope their Greek master reads Davidson’s fascinating and witty book, and tells them the best stories from it. This certainly ought to wake them up at the back of the class.’
      Sunday Times

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