A Day In Old Athens

About this eBook

Author

Davis, William Stearns, 1877-1930

Title

A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life

Credits

William Fishburne and Kestrell

Language

English

LoC Class

DF: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Greece

Subject

Athens (Greece) -- Social life and customs

Category

Text

eBook-No.

4716

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4716

Release Date

December 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A Day In Old Athens — by William Stearns Davis
2. 2.Preface — Contents — Maps, Plans, and Illustrations.
3. 3.A Day in Old Athens
4. 4.Chapter I. The Physical Setting of Athens.
5. 5.Chapter II. The First Sights in Athens.
6. 6.Chapter III. The Agora and its Denizens.
7. 7.Chapter IV. The Athenian House and its Furnishings.
8. 8.Chapter V. The Women of Athens.
9. 9.Chapter VI. Athenian Costume.
10. 10.Chapter VII. The Slaves.
11. 11.Chapter VIII. The Children.
12. 12.Chapter IX. The Schoolboys of Athens.
13. 13.Chapter X. The Physicians of Athens.
14. 14.Chapter XI. The Funerals.
15. 15.Chapter XII. Trade, Manufactures, and Banking.
16. 16.Chapter XIII. The Armed Forces of Athens.
17. 17.Chapter XIV. The Peiræus and the Shipping.
18. 18.Chapter XV. An Athenian Court Trial.
19. 19.Chapter XVI. The Ecclesia of Athens.
20. 20.Chapter XVII. The Afternoon at the Gymnasia.
21. 21.Chapter XVIII. Athenian Cookery and the Symposium.
22. 22.Chapter XIX. Country Life Around Athens
23. 23.Chapter XX. The Temples and Gods of Athens.
24. 24.Chapter XXI. The Great Festivals of Athens.

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