Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens | 
pickI read this 20 years ago, so memory is dim, but I do know I enjoyed the authors detailed history of the Athenian's passions for food and sex.
Food was mainly fishy and gluttony much frowned upon. Sex was with wives or prostitutes, and a woman's lot seems not to have been a happy one. On the one hand, you might win your court case if the judge liked the aesthetic qualities of your breasts... 👇🏼👇🏼
Bookwomble ... but more likely you'd be stoned to death for leaving the house without an appropriate man. Quite how far you should trust anything I've said in this review is uncertain - I should probably read this again! 6y
DivineDiana Strange subject matter! 🤔 6y
Bookwomble @DivineDiana Like many "micro-histories", the author immerses the reader in the depth of a narrow subject, then uses that insight to form more general conclusions about the society being studied. Ites not at all prurient, but a serious and good-humour 6y
Bookwomble [Damn! Chubby fingers hit send too early!] ... good- rumoured examination of a fascinating culture. 6y
DivineDiana 😊 6y
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