Courtesans & Fishcakes
The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
The lifestyle of the classical Greeks often seems disappointingly modest when compared to those of other legendary civilizations. Where are the marble floors, the pillared halls, the gilden rooms? Even the Athenians, the richest and most poweful of the Greeks, were said by one contemporary to dress no better than slaves.Athenians, however, were as skilled at spending as their playwrights were at devising tragedies. Vast estates vanished overnight, squandered not on material luxury but on eating, drinking, and sex--ephemeral pleasures that left no monuments but are recounted in numerous ancient texts.Much of what they describe seems familiar--…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4668-9159-3
- EAN: 9781466891593
- Produktnummer: 22465841
- Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 871 KB
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James Davidson
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