opsophagos

plural opsophagoi

1. historicalliteraryA glutton, a gourmand, chiefly one who hogs and eats excessive amounts of fish.

   How does this help us with the opsophagoi listed by Athenaeus′ comic poets and anecdotalists and their feats of consumption?

   1995, John Wilkins, David Harvey, Mike Dobson, Food in Antiquity, page 209

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   Thus, at the precise moment during the banquet when Myrtilus points out what should be understood as an opsophagos, it is fish that are brought to Larensis′ table.

   2000, David Braund, John Wilkins, Athenaeus and His World: Reading Greek Culture in the Roman Empire, page 267

   2012, Dan Brayton, Shakespeare′s Ocean: An Ecocritical Exploration, footnote, unnumbered page, 25. James Davidson (Courtesans and Fishcakes) describes something similar in classical Athenian culture, a cultural association between the fish desired by the opsophagos, or fisheater, and the bodies of prostitutes (male and female).