A Day In The Life Of Ancient Athens
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A Day In The Life Of Ancient Athens
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Author : Hilary J. Deighton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
A Day In The Life Of Ancient Athens written by Hilary J. Deighton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Athens (Greece) categories.
24 Hours In Ancient Athens
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Author : Philip Matyszak
language : en
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Release Date : 2019-04-18
24 Hours In Ancient Athens written by Philip Matyszak and has been published by Michael O'Mara Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-18 with History categories.
During the course of a day we meet 24 ancient Athenians from all levels of society - from the slave-girl to the councilman, the fish-seller to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite - and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company.
Life In Ancient Athens
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Author : Thomas George Tucker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
Life In Ancient Athens written by Thomas George Tucker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Athens (Greece) categories.
Daily Life In Ancient And Modern Athens
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Author : Dawn Kotapish
language : en
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Daily Life In Ancient And Modern Athens written by Dawn Kotapish and has been published by Lerner Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A historical exploration of events and daily life in Athens in both ancient and modern times.
Life In Ancient Athens The Social And Public Life Of A Classical Athenian From Day To Day
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Author : Thomas George Tucker
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Life In Ancient Athens The Social And Public Life Of A Classical Athenian From Day To Day written by Thomas George Tucker and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... work, a sword, and a javelin; or they may keep in the rear, armed with no shield at all, but simply with bow and arrows, sling, or light spear. A few cavalry, perhaps a thousand, complete the army. These are men well-to-do, who can supply and manage their own horse but are allowed a franc a day. Fia. 59. -- Armourer: Thetis receiving the weapons of Achilles. Unhappily, during the latter portion of our period, the Athenians had begun to engage mercenaries to do their fighting, and this was with them, as everywhere, the beginning of the end. Well, Lysimachus is in the heavy-armed infantry. He will not find the discipline very strict, according to our notions. But to fail to put in an appearance, to desert his post, or to show cowardice, meant that he was liable to a prosecution which might disgrace him and strip him of all his citizen rights. We need not follow him into the details of a battle. When he meets the enemy he will probably form one of a line eight deep, he will hear the trumpet sound the charge, he will rush forward at the double with a cheer, and -- let us hope he will get safely back to Athens in due time. Fio. 60. -- Armed soldier: the parting cup. But the chief strength of Athens lies in her navy. She possesses in the docks at Peiraeus between 300 and 400 of those ships of war which perhaps might better be called galleys. They are about 120 or 130 feet Fia. HI. --Trireme, from a relief. long, about 17 wide, and have a draught of 6 or 7 feet. The propulsion of these vessels is chiefly by rowing. There is, it is true, a mainmast with one large and one small square sail, and also a foremast with a small sail, but these will be removed before a battle, and in voyaging are mainly regarded as accessories. Such ships are built for...
A Day In Old Athens
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Author : William Stearns Davis
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-07-27
A Day In Old Athens written by William Stearns Davis and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-27 with categories.
ANCIENT GREEK LIFE - A Day in Old Athens - A Picture of Athenian Life - By William Stearns Davis - This little book tries to describe what an intelligent person would see and hear in ancient Athens, if by some legerdemain he were translated to the fourth century B.C. and conducted about the city under competent guidance. Rare happenings have been omitted and sometimes, to avoid long explanations, PROBABLE matters have been stated as if they were ascertained facts; but these instances are few, and it is hoped no reader will be led into serious error. The year 360 B.C. has been selected for the hypothetical time of this visit, not because of any special virtue in that date, but because Athens was then architecturally almost perfect, her civic and her social life seemed at their best, the democratic constitution held its vigor, and there were few outward signs of the general decadence which was to set in after the triumph of Macedon. I have endeavored to state no facts and to make no allusions, that will not be fairly obvious to a reader who has merely an elementary knowledge of Greek annals, such information, for instance, as may be gained through a good secondary school history of ancient times. This naturally has led to comments and descriptions which more advanced students may find superfluous.
A Day In Old Athens
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Author : William Stearns Davis
language : en
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Release Date : 1960
A Day In Old Athens written by William Stearns Davis and has been published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with History categories.
A hypothetical tour of the private and public features of Athens during its political and cultural apex circa 360 B.C.
Life In Ancient Athens The Social And Public Life Of A Classical Athenian From Day To Day
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Author : T. G. 1859-1946 Tucker
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2015-09-01
Life In Ancient Athens The Social And Public Life Of A Classical Athenian From Day To Day written by T. G. 1859-1946 Tucker and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-01 with categories.
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Life In Ancient Athens
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Author : Thomas George Tucker
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2014-01-05
Life In Ancient Athens written by Thomas George Tucker and has been published by Nabu Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-05 with categories.
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A Day In Ancient Athens
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Author : William Stearns Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-02-25
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1. The Importance of Athens in Greek History.-To three ancient nations the men of the twentieth century owe an incalculable debt. To the Jews we owe most of our notions of religion; to the Romans we owe traditions and examples in law, administration, and the general management of human affairs which still keep their influence and value; and finally, to the Greeks we owe nearly all our ideas as to the fundamentals of art, literature, and philosophy, in fact, of almost the whole of our intellectual life. These Greeks, however, our histories promptly teach us, did not form a single unified nation. They lived in many "city-states" of more or less importance, and some of the largest of these contributed very little directly to our civilization. Sparta, for example, has left us some noble lessons in simple living and devoted patriotism, but hardly a single great poet, and certainly never a philosopher or sculptor. When we examine closely, we see that the civilized life of Greece, during the centuries when she was accomplishing the most, was peculiarly centered at Athens. Without Athens, Greek history would lose three quarters of its significance, and modern life and thought would become infinitely the poorer.2. Why the Social Life of Athens is so Significant.-Because, then, the contributions of Athens to our own life are so important, because they touch (as a Greek would say) upon almost every side of "the true, the beautiful, and the good," it is obvious that the outward conditions under which this Athenian genius developed deserve our respectful attention. For assuredly such personages as Sophocles, Plato, and Phidias were not isolated creatures, who developed their genius apart from, or in spite of, the life about them, but rather were the ripe products of a society, which in its excellences and weaknesses presents some of the most interesting pictures and examples in the world. To understand the Athenian civilization and genius it is not enough to know the outward history of the times, the wars, the laws, and the lawmakers. We must see Athens as the average man saw it and lived in it from day to day, and THEN perhaps we can partially understand how it was that during the brief but wonderful era of Athenian freedom and prosperity, Athens was able to produce so many men of commanding genius as to win for her a place in the history of civilization which she can never lose.3. The Small Size and Sterility of Attica.-Attica was a very small country according to modern notions, and Athens the only large city therein. The land barely covered some 700 square miles, with 40 square miles more, if one includes the dependent island of Salamis. It was thus far smaller than the smallest of our American "states" (Rhode Island = 1250 square miles), and was not so large as many American counties. It was really a triangle of rocky, hill-scarred land thrust out into the Ægean Sea, as if it were a sort of continuation of the more level district of Botia. Yet small as it was, the hills inclosing it to the west, the seas pressing it form the northeast and south, gave it a unity and isolation all its own. Attica was not an island; but it could be invaded only by sea, or by forcing the resistance which could be offered at the steep mountain passes towards Botia or Megara. Attica was thus distinctly separated from the rest of Greece. Legends told how, when the half-savage Dorians had forced themselves southward over the mainland, they had never penetrated into Attica; and the Athenians later prided themselves upon being no colonists from afar, but upon being "earth-sprung,"-natives of the soil which they and their twenty-times grandfathers had held before them.This triangle of Attica had its peculiar shortcomings and virtues. It was for the most part stony and unfertile. Only a shallow layer of good soil covered a part of its hard foundation rock, which often in turn lay bare on the surface.