A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
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William Stearns Davis, professor of ancient history at the University of Minnesota, imagines a visitor carried back to Athens in 360 B.C. and shown the city by a knowledgeable guide. He chose that year because the buildings, civic life and democratic constitution were at their best, before the decline that followed the rise of Macedon.
The chapters begin with Attica's landscape and the layout of the city, move through the gates, streets and house fronts, and spend time in the Agora among its booths, flower and fish sellers and barber shops, before reaching the Athenian house. The preface, dated 1914, assumes only an elementary knowledge of Greek history.
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- Author
- William Stearns Davis
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 174
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Ancient History
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