{"product_id":"courtesans-and-fishcakes-james-davidson-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0006863434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780006863434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fontana Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"James Davidson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042666115327,"sku":"9780006863434","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d1a32ba-14fd-4652-b7e5-7499fb65b0c0.jpg?v=1684962832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/courtesans-and-fishcakes-james-davidson-9780006863434","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}