INDEX

Achilles, 61

Aelian (Claudius Aelianus), 31, 63, 91, 94, 109, 122

Agarthachides, 119

Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, 95

akousmatikoi, 37

Alcmene, 34

alcohol, 84–100, 104, 124

Alexander, son of Ptolemy VII, 119

Alexander the Great, 8, 30, 56, 87

Alexandria, 17, 21, 22, 33, 39, 68, 74, 77, 78

Alexis, 37, 56

Amphitryon, 34

andron, 97

anorexia, 10, 15, 117

antelopes, 73

Antiope, 34

Antipater of Tarsus, 65

Antiphanes of Berge, 25, 37

Antony, Mark (Marcus Antonius), 90, 95, 97, 117

Apollo, 29, 43

Apollodorus, 34

Appian of Alexandria, 67

Archestratus of Gela, 55, 56

Aristophanes, 72, 91

Aristotle, 32, 42, 44, 48, 49, 55, 87, 88, 107, 108

Aristoxenus of Tarentum, 36, 49, 50

Artemis, 34

asceticism, 36, 39, 40, 72, 74

Astarte (Atargatis), 44, 65

Atargatis, 44, 65, 76

Athenaeus of Naucratis, 6, 21, 25, 26, 31, 45, 54, 56, 57, 59, 61, 64, 65, 69, 74, 88, 89, 91, 102, 107, 108, 109, 110, 118, 119, 123

Athenion, 30

Athens, 17, 54, 61, 66, 67, 68, 88, 92, 98, 103, 104, 105, 106

Attica, 20, 64

Augustan History (SHA), 9, 88, 99, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123

Augustus ,Gaius Julius Caesar, 8, 78, 82, 90, 112, 113, 121

Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aure-lianus), 99

Aurelius, Marcus Antoninus, 55, 121

Babylonians, 69

Bacchus, 86

badgers, 73

barley, 19, 20, 21, 29

beans, 15, 21, 22, 27, 38, 42, 44–53, 62, 65, 73, 84, 108, 112, 123

Bessus, 30

Birds, 72

black broth (Spartan dish), 108

blacktail, 64

Boeotia, 38, 61

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), 14

bread, 19, 21–23, 49, 66, 99, 110, 112

Brutus, Marcus Junius, 31

bulimia, 10, 15

Burkert, Walter, 28, 30, 34, 38, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 65, 72, 85, 90

Caesar, Gaius Julius, 8, 60, 90, 111

Caligula, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, 9, 78, 114

Callimachus, 46, 49

Callisto, 34

calories, 10, 13

camels, 25, 30, 73

Cannae, battle of 105

Capri, 8

Caracalla, Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, 120

Carthage, 107, 109

Cassius, Gaius C. Longinus, 90

Cato, Marcus Porcius the elder, 20, 49, 99, 110, 113

cats, 33

Catullus, Gaius Valerius, 43

cheese, 57, 108

chick peas, 21, 45

Christianity, 33, 39, 72, 86, 121

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 44, 47, 48, 49, 77, 78, 88, 89, 90, 95, 97, 105, 117

Cimber, Tillius, 90

circumcision, 72, 77, 79, 82

Claudius, Tiberius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, 7, 9, 81, 119, 120

‘Cleaver’ (Spartan feast), 108

Clement of Alexandria, 33, 34, 39

Colophon, 102

Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus, 20, 21, 22, 26, 32, 49

comissatio, 96, 97

Commodus, Lucius Aurelius Anto-ninus, 55, 114

convivium, 88, 94, 96

Corinth, 46

Crassus, Marcus Licinius, 60

Crete, 107, 108

crocodiles, 33

Croesus, 102

Croton, 29, 36, 57

cursus honorum, 41

Cybele, 43, 66

Cyclades, 20

Danae, 34

Deipnosophistae, 21, 25, 26, 31, 37, 45, 54, 56, 57, 59, 61, 64, 65, 74, 88, 89, 91, 94, 102, 103, 108, 109, 110, 118, 119, 123

Demades, 91

Demeter, 46, 65

Demetrius of Phaleron, 105

Demosthenes, 91

Derceto (Atargatis), 44, 65

Detienne, Marcel, 29, 38, 72

Deutermonomy, 73, 74

diaspora, Jewish, 27, 41, 71, 80, 123

Dio Cassius, 19, 81, 93, 120

Diocletian, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, 118

Diodorus Siculus, 65

Dionysius of Heracleia, 119

Dionysius of Syracuse, 47

Dionysus, 85, 86

Dioscorides, 49

Dodecanese, 21

dogs, 25, 28, 33, 59, 60

dolphins, 54, 56

Domitian, Titus Flavius Domitianus, 8, 9, 63, 118

Domna, Julia, 120

Douglas, Mary, 10, 17, 76, 84, 85, 98

eagles, 73

eels, 33, 63, 64, 65

Egypt, 21, 22, 33, 34, 36, 42, 44, 45, 48, 51, 52, 55, 58, 65, 69, 72, 76, 77, 79, 81, 86, 116, 119, 123

Elagabalus (Marcus Aurelius Anto-ninus), 9, 114, 119, 120, 123

Elephantine, 33

Eleusinian mysteries, 22, 46, 65

emetics, 7, 119, 120

Empedocles of Agrigentum, 46, 47, 49, 50

Empiricus, Sextus, 78

Ephesus, 68

Epictetus, 78

erythrinos, 64

Essenes, 79

Europa, 34

famine foods, 22

fasting, 71, 72, 78, 82

fat, 10, 11, 13, 23, 27, 38, 60, 62, 74, 75, 117, 119, 121

favism, 52–53

figs, 57

fish farms, 63, 67

fish, 11, 15, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 44, 45, 46, 54–70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 81, 97, 102, 103, 116, 120

fruit, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 59, 66, 88, 89, 110, 115

funerals, 104

Galen of Pergamum, 18–20, 22, 23, 25– 26, 30, 49, 60–61, 63–64, 78, 88

Gallant, Tom, 17, 18, 67, 68

Garnsey, Peter, 10, 7, 18, 19, 21, 27, 44, 45, 52, 57, 61, 86, 87

garum, 29, 63, 80

Gellius, Aulus, 46, 47, 49, 50, 109, 110, 11, 112

Gentiles, 71, 73, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 116

gladiators, 9, 20, 22, 49

goats, 29, 36, 60, 108

Goldhill, Simon, 14

Gorgon, 56

grapes, 23, 24, 86

grasshoppers, 73

Greece, 28, 34, 52, 56, 62, 66, 79, 98

Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus), 8, 9, 118

Halieutica, 54, 56

Haloa, 46, 65

hares, 73

hawks, 33

Hecate, 28, 60

Helen, 34

helots, 87

Heracleia, 119

Hercules, 57

Herod the Great, 78

Herodotus, 22, 33, 44, 45, 52, 63, 65, 69, 77,

Hesiod, 29, 30, 31, 34, 59

Hippocrates, 30

hippopotamus, 33

Hirrus, Gaius Lucius, 63

Homer, 25, 26, 32, 34, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 66, 69, 74, 88, 91, 106, 123

homoioi, 107

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), 21, 77, 89, 96

Iamblichus, Chachidensis, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, 45, 47, 48, 59, 64, 91

ibis, 33

Iliad, 32, 34, 57, 61, 74

Isis, 58, 72

Jews, 14, 71–83, 116, 123

Josephus (Titus Flavius), 75, 77, 79, 80, 81

Jupiter, 43

Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis), 78, 95, 98

keying, 85, 96 kites, 73 kottabos, 89

Laertius, Diogenes, 35, 36, 42, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 57, 59, 64, 74, 88, 91

lambs, 36

Larensis, 109, 123

lares, 43

Latera, lake, 56

Leda, 34

legumes, 21, 22, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52

Lemuria, 51

lentils, 21

lepidotus, 65

Leviticus, 73, 74, 79

Lex Aemilia, 111

Lex Antia, 111

Lex Cornelia, 110

Lex Fannia, 110 Lex Licinia, 110

Lex Oppia (195BC), 110, 113

Lex Oppia (215 BC), 105

Livy (Titus Livius), 109, 110, 113

locusts, 73

Lucian, of Somosata, 33, 44, 45, 45, 65

Lucullus, Lucius Licinius, 109

Lupercalia, 28, 60

luxury, 23, 25, 26, 39, 44, 50, 55, 62, 70, 74, 75, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 113, 114, 116, 119, 121

Lycurgus, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109

Lydia, 102

mackerel, 67

Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius, 78, 110, 111

Maesa, Julia, 120

Magas of Cyrene, 119

Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis), 21, 45, 77, 78, 96

Massilia (Marseilles), 91

mathēmatikoi, 37

Maximus, Valerius, 109, 110, 111

meat, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 57, 59, 63, 64, 66, 69, 73, 81, 82, 104, 110, 116, 117, 119

melanouros, 36, 59, 64

Metapontum, 36

metempsychosis, 38, 51, 59

Miletus, 107

Milo of Croton, 57

Minos, 34

Moeris, lake, 33

mullet, red, 36, 59, 64

Neleus, 34

Nemausus (Nîmes), 56

Nero, Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, 7, 9, 92, 93, 95, 109, 112, 114, 118, 119, 120, 122

Nerva, Marcus Cocceius, 118

nesteia, 72

Nile, 33, 65

Nymphis of Heracleia, 119

obesity, 7, 10, 12, 13, 117, 119

Odysseus, 57, 61

Odyssey, 57, 59, 67, 74, 88

oinos, 66

olives, 23, 27

Oppian of Corycus, 54, 56

opson, 66, 69

opsophagia, 69

Orphism, 22, 36, 45, 46

Osiris, 72

otters, 33

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), 62

oxen, 36, 57, 73, 104

Oxyrynchus, 65

Papremis, 33

Parker, Robert, 35, 46, 52, 60, 65, 90

Paterculus, Velleius, 109

Pausanias, 46, 64

peas, 21

penates, 43

Periclymnus, 34

perioikoi, 107

Pharisees, 79

Pheneos, 46

Philo of Alexandria, 74, 75, 77, 78, 82, 88 Phoenecia, 65, 77

phoenix, 33

phusikillon, 108

pigs/pork, 25, 28, 36, 40, 58

Piso, Lucius, 90

Plato, 26, 32, 36, 39, 45, 50, 57, 61, 66, 74, 75, 88, 92, 93, 102, 123

Plautus, Titus Maccius, 89

Pliny the elder (Gaius Plinius Secun-dus), 6, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 49, 51, 56, 61, 62, 80, 81, 91, 95, 122

Plutarch (Lucius Mestrius Plutar-chus), 8, 24, 28, 31, 32, 35, 38–40, 42, 44, 45, 48, 50, 51, 55, 58, 60– 62, 64–66, 69, 72, 74, 76–79, 87–89, 91, 93, 94, 102, 104–109, 117, 123

Polybius, 107

Polycrates, 63

Polydeuces, 34

PompeytheGreat(GnaeusPompeius Magnus), 60, 67

Porphyry of Tyre, 28, 29, 32, 35–38, 41, 46, 60, 64, 65, 116, 117, 123

posca, 24

Poseidon, 34, 56

Ptolemy VII, 119

pulses, 21, 22, 39, 44, 45, 49, 72

purity, 19, 21, 31, 32, 38, 47, 48, 69, 73, 75, 76, 81, 82, 123

Pylos, 34

Pythagoras, 22, 25, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 57, 59, 64, 69, 73, 74, 75, 91, 123

Restio, C. Antius, 111

Rhadamanthys, 34

Rhodes, 8, 63

Rome, 17, 22, 41, 43, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 79, 81, 90, 92, 99, 102, 105, 106, 108, 109, 113, 120, 123

Rufus, Musonius, 39

Sabbath, 72, 28, 80, 82

Sabina, Vibia, 9

sacrifice, animal, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 44, 60, 64, 108

Saducees, 79

salmonella, 14

salt, 10, 25, 26, 29, 45, 63, 91, 110

Samos, 36, 140

Samothracians, 31

Sardis, 80

Sarpedon, 34

sausages, 108

seals, 56

Second Sophistic, 122

Sejanus (Lucius Aelius Seianus), 8

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, 39, 40, 41, 50, 81, 90

Severus, Lucius Septimius, 120

sharks, 55, 56

shellfish, 26, 62

Sicily, 52, 77, 119

sitos, 66

Smyrna, 58, 66, 75

snakes, 33, 34

Soaemis, Julia, 120

Solon, 104, 105

Sparta, 87, 88, 101–109, 111, 115, 119, 124

Stoicism, 39, 45

Strabo, 109

Suetonius, Gaius S. Tranquillus, 7, 8, 9, 41, 92, 111, 112, 118, 119

Sulla, Lucius Cornelius, 110, 111

sumptuary laws, 15, 101–115, 122, 124

symposiarch, 93, 94, 96

symposium (symposion), 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97

Sybaris, 119

Syria, 58, 65, 66, 76, 77, 81, 116, 120, 123

syssitia, 107, 108

taboos, 11, 15, 43, 75, 76; –beans, 15, 22, 38, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 73, 84, 123; –fish,44, 58, 59, 64, 65, 66; –pork, 77, 123

Tacitus, Gaius Cornelius, 8, 77, 79, 81, 82, 112, 113, 114, 117

Tarentum, 47

Tarsus, 65

taurobolium, 43

taverns, 21, 88, 92, 93, 97, 98, 99

Thebes, 107

Thesmophoriazusae, 91

Tiberius, Julius Caesar Augustus, 8, 41, 81, 95, 112, 113, 114

tragêmata, 21, 45, 89

tuna, 56, 64, 68

Ulpian, 21

Varro, Marcus Terentius, 20, 23, 46, 49, 51, 63, 64

vegetables, 22, 24, 25, 28, 57, 59, 66, 110, 112

vegetarianism, 15, 24, 25, 27, 28–43, 69, 81, 123

Vernant, Jean-Pierre, 28, 29, 38

Verres, Gaius, 77

Vespasian, Titus Flavius Vespasianus, 9, 113, 114

vetch, 18, 52

Vitellius, Aulus Germanicus, 9, 113, 119, 120

Vitruvius, Marcus V. Pollio, 89

vomiting, 7, 9, 95, 96, 120

vomitorium, 10

Vulso, Gnaeus Manlius, 109

vultures, 73

water, drinking of, 88, 91

weight, body, 7, 11, 13, 14, 120

whales, 55

wheat, 19, 20, 21

Wilkins, John, 25, 28, 29, 35, 38, 39, 44, 50, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 72, 77, 86, 88, 89, 92, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 102

wine, 15, 24, 27, 57, 66, 76, 84–100, 110, 112

Xenophanes of Colophon, 102

Xenophon, 66, 87, 88, 102, 105, 106, 107, 111

Yom Kippur, 72

Zeus, 34