Book Review: Courtesans and Fishcakes,The Daily Complex Pleasure of Ancient Greece
In “Courtesans and Fishcakes” by James Davidson, he gives us insight about Ancient Greek civilization's hedonistic appetite. Utilizing ancient Greek text and anecdotes from playwrights, James Davidson, a professor in ancient history at the University of Warwick, gives a detailed, new take on Athenian pleasures that is often…