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