Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece. Vol I

About this eBook

Author

St. John, James Augustus, 1795-1875

Title

The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 1 (of 3)

Original Publication

United Kingdom: R. Bentley,1842.

Credits

KD Weeks, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DF: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Greece

Subject

Greece -- Social life and customs

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67552

Release Date

March 3, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORY OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ANCIENT GREECE.
2. 2.DEDICATION.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
5. 5.BOOK I. — CHAPTER I. ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF HELLAS. — CHAPTER II. CHARACTER OF THE GREEKS. — CHAPTER III. GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE. — CHAPTER IV. CAPITAL CITIES OF GREECE.—ATHENS. — CHAPTER V. CAPITAL CITIES OF GREECE.—SPARTA.
6. 6.BOOK II. EDUCATION. — CHAPTER I. THEORY OF EDUCATION.—BIRTH OF CHILDREN.—INFANTICIDE. — CHAPTER II. BIRTH-FEAST—NAMING THE CHILD.—NURSERY—NURSERY TALES—SPARTAN FESTIVAL. — CHAPTER III. TOYS, SPORTS, AND PASTIMES. — CHAPTER IV. ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION. — CHAPTER V. EXERCISES OF YOUTH. — CHAPTER VI. HUNTING AND FOWLING. — CHAPTER VII. SCHOOLS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS AND SOPHISTS. — CHAPTER VIII. EDUCATION OF THE SPARTANS, CRETANS, ARCADIANS, ETC. — CHAPTER X. HELLENIC LITERATURE. — CHAPTER XI. SPIRIT OF THE GRECIAN RELIGION.
7. 7.BOOK III. WOMEN. — CHAPTER I. WOMEN IN THE HEROIC AGES. — CHAPTER II. WOMEN OF DORIC STATES. — CHAPTER III. CONDITION OF UNMARRIED WOMEN.—LOVE.

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