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

Sex, shopping and fish-madness, Athenian style.

This fascinating book reveals that the ancient Athenians were supreme hedonists. Their society... Read Full Overview

As any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imbibed liberally without ever getting drunk. In other words, James Davidson writes, he reflected the culture of ancient... Read Full Overview

This fascinating reappraisal by a rising young scholar takes readers inside a Classical Athens that--contrary to conventional history--savored its pleasures as much as anyone.

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