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Opson and sitos

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was the subject of some anxiety among ancient Greek moralists, who coined the term
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and its derivatives made the word a matter of concern for Atticists during the
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a matter of concern for moralists and satirists in the classical period.
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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
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Because it was considered the more pleasurable part of any meal,
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Index

Greek
Ancient Greek foodways
staple food
meal
wheat
barley
chickpeas
fava beans
staple
salt
psari (ψάρι)
opsophagia
sophrosyne
opsophagos
seafood
Philoxenus of Leucas
Second Sophistic
loan-words
parasite
banchan
Korean cuisine
okazu
Japanese cuisine


Mandarin Chinese
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