Daily life in Greece at the time of Pericles.
By: Translated from the French by Peter Green.
Edition: [1st American ed.]
Series: Daily life series
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Greece -- Social life and customs; Greece -- History -- Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 279-299)
Table of contents: title: The background : town and country. The Greek landscape. The site of Athens -- Roads and districts -- Architecture and appearance -- Housing --  The suburb --  The countryside -- Population: citizens, resident aliens, slaves. The concept of a city -- Civic life -- The city assembly -- Bouleutai, prytaneis and magistrates -- Metics -- Slaves -- Numerical proportions of the classes -- Women, marriage and the family. The status of women / -- Marriage -- The gynaikeia -- Conjugal and family love -- Marriage and children -- Funerals -- Children and education. The ‘way of life’ in Sparta -- The ‘way of life’ in Athens -- The educational system in Athens -- Elementary education -- Musical training -- Physical training -- Pederasty -- The sophists -- Jobs and professions. The dignity of manual work -- Money and usury -- Agriculture -- Artisans -- Commercial enterprise -- Medicine -- Dress and toilet. Hygiene and care of the body -- Male dress -- Feminine dress -- Jewelry and toilet accessories -- Footwear -- Headgear -- Food, games and recreation. The subdivisions of the day -- Food and drink -- Banquets -- Plato’s symposium -- Xenophon’s symposium -- Adult amusements -- Big-game hunting -- Fishing -- Expressive mime -- Religious life and the theatre. Religious traditions and rites -- The religious calendar -- The theatre -- ‘Benefactors of the people’ -- Mystery religions -- Divination -- Superstition -- Magical practices -- Law and justice. Justice and ostracism -- Court procedure -- ‘Blood tribunal’ -- The heliacal -- Punishments -- The worth of Athenian justice -- Warfare. Athenian imperialism -- The Spartan army -- Military organization in Athens -- The infantryman -- The religious significance of war -- Strategy and tactics -- The maritime power of Athens -- The trierarchia and naval tactics -- War dead and wounded -- Civil war : the scourge of Hellas -- A summing up.