70:(plural form) focussed on men who took their gourmandise to extreme levels, training their bodies in various ways to be able to consume massive quantities of fish immediately after they had been prepared, ensuring that they would have the fish to themselves, since they would be too hot for others to even touch, let alone eat. These tales of men with heat-resistant throats and padded fingertips were likely fictional, but they served as reminders to all who heard them that letting the pleasure-driven body overcome the rational soul was not the way to become an ideal human. One could enjoy fish, but one had to be careful not to take this enjoyment too far and become an
211:
154:
252:
111:
195:
100:
276:
245:
271:
291:
238:
281:
188:
25:
286:
181:
128:
222:
165:
210:
218:
265:
33:
101:
Henry George
Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ὀψοφάγος
63:
in ancient Greek literature is almost always a man obsessed with fish or seafood.
153:
55:. However, because fish/seafood was considered by far the most desirable
81:
77:
130:
Courtesans and
Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
38:
161:
36:
person who exhibited a seemingly uncontrollable desire for
226:
169:
112:
Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Geography (1854), Elis
51:, for which the closest English equivalent is
246:
189:
8:
253:
239:
196:
182:
80:used the epithet Opsophagos for the god
93:
7:
207:
205:
150:
148:
225:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
168:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
14:
209:
152:
133:. Great Britain: Harper Collins
43:or relishes. The vice of the
1:
221: related article is a
308:
204:
147:
29:
127:Davidson, James (1997).
277:Culture-bound syndromes
164:-related article is a
272:Ancient Greek cuisine
16:Ancient Greek glutton
292:Ancient Greece stubs
66:Tales of infamous
234:
233:
177:
176:
299:
282:Eating disorders
255:
248:
241:
213:
206:
198:
191:
184:
156:
149:
141:
139:
138:
114:
109:
103:
98:
32:) was a type of
31:
307:
306:
302:
301:
300:
298:
297:
296:
262:
261:
260:
259:
203:
202:
145:
136:
134:
126:
123:
118:
117:
110:
106:
99:
95:
90:
17:
12:
11:
5:
305:
303:
295:
294:
289:
284:
279:
274:
264:
263:
258:
257:
250:
243:
235:
232:
231:
219:Ancient Greece
214:
201:
200:
193:
186:
178:
175:
174:
157:
143:
142:
122:
119:
116:
115:
104:
92:
91:
89:
86:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
304:
293:
290:
288:
285:
283:
280:
278:
275:
273:
270:
269:
267:
256:
251:
249:
244:
242:
237:
236:
230:
228:
224:
220:
215:
212:
208:
199:
194:
192:
187:
185:
180:
179:
173:
171:
167:
163:
158:
155:
151:
146:
132:
131:
125:
124:
120:
113:
108:
105:
102:
97:
94:
87:
85:
83:
79:
75:
73:
69:
64:
62:
58:
54:
50:
46:
42:
40:
35:
34:ancient Greek
27:
26:Ancient Greek
23:
22:
227:expanding it
216:
170:expanding it
159:
144:
135:. Retrieved
129:
107:
96:
76:
71:
67:
65:
60:
56:
52:
48:
44:
37:
20:
19:
18:
53:gourmandise
287:Food stubs
266:Categories
137:2007-02-10
88:References
72:opsophagos
68:opsophagoi
61:opsophagos
49:opsophagia
45:opsophagos
21:Opsophagos
30:ὀψοφάγος
82:Apollo
78:Eleans
217:This
160:This
59:, an
57:opson
39:opson
223:stub
166:stub
162:food
121:More
47:was
268::
84:.
74:.
28::
254:e
247:t
240:v
229:.
197:e
190:t
183:v
172:.
140:.
41:,
24:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
