A Day in Old Athens

A Day in Old Athens

William Stearns Davis, american educator, historian, and author (1877-1930)

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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- THE PHYSICAL SETTING OF ATHENS

-04- THE FIRST SIGHTS IN ATHENS

-05- THE AGORA AND ITS DENIZENS

-06- THE ATHENIAN HOUSE AND ITS FURNISHINGS

-07- THE WOMEN OF ATHENS

-08- ATHENIAN COSTUME

-09- THE SLAVES

-10- THE CHILDREN

-11- THE SCHOOLBOYS OF ATHENS

-12- THE PHYSICIANS OF ATHENS

-13- THE FUNERALS

-14- TRADE MANUFACTURES AND BANKING

-15- THE ARMED FORCES OF ATHENS

-16- THE PEIRÆUS AND THE SHIPPING

-17- AN ATHENIAN COURT TRIAL

-18- THE ECCLESIA OF ATHENS

-19- THE AFTERNOON AT THE GYMNASIA

-20- ATHENIAN COOKERY AND THE SYMPOSIUM

-21- COUNTRY LIFE AROUND ATHENS

-22- THE TEMPLES AND GODS OF ATHENS

-23- THE GREAT FESTIVALS OF ATHENS