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A Day In Old Athens
Ancient World
Greece
William Stearns Davis
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William Stearns Davis
Preface
Chapter I. The Physical Setting of Athens.
Chapter II. The First Sights in Athens.
Chapter III. The Agora and its Denizens.
Chapter IV. The Athenian House and its Furnishings.
Chapter V. The Women of Athens.
Chapter VI. Athenian Costume.
Chapter VII. The Slaves.
Chapter VIII. The Children.
Chapter IX. The Schoolboys of Athens.
Chapter X. The Physicians of Athens.
Chapter XI. The Funerals.
Chapter XII. Trade, Manufactures, and Banking.
Chapter XIII. The Armed Forces of Athens.
Chapter XIV. The Peireus and the Shipping.
Chapter XV. An Athenian Court Trial.
Chapter XVI. The Ecclesia of Athens.
Chapter XVII. The Afternoon at the Gymnasia.
Chapter XVIII. Athenian Cookery and the Symposium.
Chapter XIX. Country Life Around Athens
Chapter XX. The Temples and Gods of Athens.
Chapter XXI. The Great Festivals of Athens.
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