古代世界における食物 Food in the Ancient World (Ancient Cultures)

Wilkins, John/ Hill, Shaun

Blackwell Pub（2006/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 300 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780631235514
• DDC分類 394.12093

基本説明

Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200 AD; focuses on ancient Greece and Rome, but also includes Persian, Egyptian, Etruscan andn Celtic cultures.

Full Description

In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking.






Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200 AD.


Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order.


Concerns people from all walks of life - impoverished citizens subsisting on cereals to the meat-eating elites.


Describes religious sacrifices, ancient dinner parties and drinking bouts, as well as exotic foods and recipes.


Considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius.

Contents

John Wilkins is responsible for the chapters and Shaun Hill

for the Introductions and recipes

Figures vii

Preface ix

Timeline xii

Map of the Mediterranean xiv

Introduction 1

1 An Overview of Food in Antiquity 4

Introduction 39

2 The Social Context of Eating 41

Introduction 79

3 Food and Ancient Religion 81

Introduction 110

4 Staple Foods: Cereals and Pulses 112

Introduction 140

5 Meat and Fish 142

Introduction 164

6 Wine and Drinking 166

Introduction 185

7 Food in Ancient Thought 187

Introduction 211

8 Medical Approaches to Food 213

Introduction 245

9 Food in Literature 247

Recipes 277
Bibliography 281
Index 290