About the Author:
JAMES DAVIDSON is Reader in Ancient History at the University of Warwick. He has written on a wide range of ancient topics, including the historiography of Roman imperialism, prostitution, drinking to get drunk, sacred time and fish. He is the author of Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (1997), and is a irregular contributor to The London Review of Books among other journals.
Review:
'By turns lyrical, analytic and militant, this is a magnificently personal and self-reflexive book...' -- Catharine Edwards, TLS
'James Davidson's revisionist account emerges with winning charm from the bloodshed... a landmark in gay studies' -- Tom Cameron, TIME OUT
'Massively informed and informative ... vital and outstanding study.' -- THE SPECTATOR
'a highly erudite work of social and cultural history, astonishingly wide-ranging... an extraordinary achievement, ranging far and wide... unpredictable and lateral-thinking... superb...' -- Oliver Taplin, THE GUARDIAN
'a long haul over strange terrain, spiky with fragments and pulsating with beautiful ghosts... massive work of research, reflection and surprise' -- DAILY TELEGRAPH
'a picture of sexuality among the ancient Greeks which is both familiar in some respects and radically new... with witty diversions... quite an achievement' -- Joan Smith, THE INDEPENDENT
'an impressive study stuffed with juicy tidbits and meaty detail' -- BOYZ
'fascinating, funny, decidedly comprehensive... entertaining and discursive' -- GAY COMMUNITY NEWS
'provocative and enthralling... fascinating and perplexing.' -- QX INTERNATIONAL
'will be read by many people, and I predict a riot... real brilliance, and it is written throughout with flair and passion' -- Simon Goldhill, THES
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