ISBN10: 0415116201, ISBN13: 9780415116206, [publisher: - -] Hardcover This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
[Reading, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1995]

ISBN10: 0415116201, ISBN13: 9780415116206, [publisher: London and New York: Routledge. 01.08.1996.] Hardcover XV, 320 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - bestoßen, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / scuffed, otherwise perfect condition - Cheese, wine, honey and olive oil - four of Greece’s most familiar contributions to culinary culture - were already well known four thousand years ago. Remains of beehives and of cheeses have been found under the volcanic ash of the Santorini eruption of 1627 B.C. Over the millennia, Greek food has diversified and absorbed neighbouring traditions, yet retained its own distinctive character. -- Siren Feasts is the first scholarly social history of food and gastronomy in Greece. It traces this unbroken tradition of fine food and wine from classical times, through Rome and medieval Europe to what we eat and drink today. The focus is on the Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. Andrew Dalby shows how an understanding of the food and gastronomy of ancient Greece provides a useful background to reading Greek comedy and lyric poetry. His innovative study also includes discussion of the first specialist writers on food, such as Archestratus and Philoxenus. -- Siren Feasts is ...
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ISBN10: 0415116201, ISBN13: 9780415116206, [publisher: Routledge, London, United Kingdom] Hardcover First Edition 320pp; black cloth/silver; frontis; b/w photos; illus. Notes. Bibliography. Indexes. Unopened. Unclipped. Mint. Size: 64mo - up to 3" tall
[Kendal, CUMBR, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1996]

ISBN10: 0415116201, ISBN13: 9780415116206, [publisher: Routledge] Hardcover Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

ISBN10: 0415116201, ISBN13: 9780415116206, [publisher: Routledge] Hardcover Routledge, London / New York, 1997. XV,320p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drwaings). Original black silver titled cloth with dust wrps. 'In Siren Feasts Andrew Dalby intends to answer two questions: 'What did the Greeks eat? How did gastronomy and food writing develop among them?' (p.XV) (.) Though he is well-read in many approaches to food in the ancient world, D. works primarily from a historical rather than a literary or anthropological perspective. (.) The strength of Siren Feasts lies in its attention to the development of gastronomy and to the gastronomical writers who are relatively unknown even to professional classicists. The book can also be a useful starting point for inquiries into Greek food.' (GWEN COMPTON-ENGLE in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 96.04.29). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. Antiquarian
[Aalten, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 1995]

Routledge 1996 Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket 0415116201. DJ has very minor shelfwear. DJ spine a bit sunned.; 0.92 x 9.18 x 6.11 Inches; 320 pages; Cheese, wine, honey and olive oil--four of Greece's best known contributions to culinary culture--were already well known four thousand years ago. Remains of honeycombs and of cheeses have been found under the volcanic ash of the Santorini eruption of 1627 BC. Over the millennia, Greek food diversified and absorbed neighboring traditions, yet retained its own distinctive character. In Siren Feasts, Andrew Dalby provides the first serious social history of Greek food. He begins with the tunny fishers of the neolithic age, and traces the story through the repertoire of classical Greece, the reputations of Lydia for luxury and of Sicily and South Italy for sybaritism, to the Imperial synthesis of varying traditions, with a look forward to the Byzantine cuisine and the development of the modern Greek menu. The apples of the Hesperides turn out to be lemons, and great favour attaches to Byzantine biscuits. Fully documented and comprehensively illustrated, scholarly yet immensely readable, Siren Feasts demonstrates the social construction placed upon different types of food at different periods (was fish a luxury item in classical Athens, though disdained by Homeric heroes? ). It places diet in an economic and agricultural context; and it provides a history of mentalities in relation to a subject which no human being ...

Routledge 1996 Hard cover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 950grams, ISBN: 9780415116206.

London, United Kingdom: Routledge, Date: 1996. 320pp; black cloth/silver; frontis; b/w photos; illus. Notes. Bibliography. Indexes. Unopened. Unclipped. Mint. . First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Hardback. 1996. Routledge ISBN 0415116201 9780415116206 [GB]

Routledge. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Date: 1996. Hardcover. 0415116201 . DJ has very minor shelfwear. DJ spine a bit sunned. ; 0.92 x 9.18 x 6.11 Inches; 320 pages; Cheese, wine, honey and olive oil--four of Greece's best known contributions to culinary culture- -were already well known four thousand years ago. Remains of honeycombs and of cheeses have been found under the volcanic ash of the Santorini eruption of 1627 BC. Over the millennia, Greek food diversified and absorbed neighboring traditions, yet retained its own distinctive character. In Siren Feasts, Andrew Dalby provides the first serious social history of Greek food. He begins with the tunny fishers of the neolithic age, and traces the story through the repertoire of classical Greece, the reputations of Lydia for luxury and of Sicily and South Italy for sybaritism, to the Imperial synthesis of varying traditions, with a look forward to the Byzantine cuisine and the development of the modern Greek menu. The apples of the Hesperides turn out to be lemons, and great favour attaches to Byzantine biscuits. Fully documented and comprehensively illustrated, scholarly yet immensely readable, Siren Feasts demonstrates the social construction placed upon different types of food at different periods (was fish a luxury item in classical Athens, though disdained by Homeric heroes? ). It places diet in an economic and agricultural context; and it provides a history of mentalities in relation ...

Routledge, London / New York, 1997. XV,320p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drwaings). Original black silver titled cloth with dust wrps. 'In Siren Feasts Andrew Dalby intends to answer two questions: 'What did the Greeks eat? How did gastronomy and food writing develop among them?' (p.XV) (...) Though he is well-read in many approaches to food in the ancient world, D. works primarily from a historical rather than a literary or anthropological perspective. (...) The strength of Siren Feasts lies in its attention to the development of gastronomy and to the gastronomical writers who are relatively unknown even to professional classicists. The book can also be a useful starting point for inquiries into Greek food.' (GWEN COMPTON-ENGLE in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 96.04.29). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. ISBN 0415116201 9780415116206 [NL]

ISBN10: 0415116201, ISBN13: 9780415116206, [publisher: Routledge] Hardcover
[Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

Other, Date: 1995-12-14. Hardcover. Good. 1995. Other ISBN 0415116201 9780415116206 [US]