The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks

About this eBook

Author

Blümner, Hugo, 1844-1919

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif, deaurider 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 -- To 146 B.C.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61689

Release Date

March 28, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HOME LIFE OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS
2. 2.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION. — GREEK LIFE AT HOME.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. COSTUME.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. BIRTH AND INFANCY.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. EDUCATION.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. MARRIAGE AND WOMEN.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. DAILY LIFE WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE HOUSE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. MEALS AND SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. SICKNESS AND PHYSICIANS, DEATH AND BURIAL.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. GYMNASTICS.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. MUSIC AND DANCING.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. PUBLIC FESTIVALS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. THE THEATRE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. WAR AND SEAFARING.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND HANDICRAFT.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. SLAVERY.
21. 21.LIST OF AUTHORITIES CONSULTED FOR THIS BOOK. — I.— Works Bearing on the Subject Generally. — II.— Works Dealing with Special Subjects. — 1. Costume. — 2. Birth and Early Childhood. — 3. Education. — 4. Marriage and Women. — 5. Daily Life within and without the House. — 6. Meals and Social Entertainments. — 7. Sickness and Physicians; Death and Burial. — 8. Gymnastics. — 9. Music and Dancing. — 10. Religion. — 11. Games and Festivals. — 12. The Theatre. — 13. War and Seafaring.
22. 22.INDEX.

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