Life in Ancient Athens: The Social and Public Life of a Classical Athenian from Day to DayMacmillan, 1907 - 323 من الصفحات This fascinating book focuses on the character and culture of ancient Athens, lending the reader a wonderful insight into the day to day life of an Athenian in the Classical Period, from slaves to children to women. |
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الصفحة 61 - ... as we were going along; and we stood talking in the vestibule until we had finished and come to an understanding. And I think that the door-keeper, who was a eunuch, and who was probably annoyed at the great inroad of the Sophists, must have heard us talking. At any rate, when we knocked at the door, and he opened and saw us, he grumbled: They are Sophists —he is not at home; and instantly gave the door a hearty bang with both his hands.
الصفحة 100 - Socrates had made to his own speech, when suddenly there was a great knocking at the door of the house, as of revellers, and the sound of a flutegirl was heard. Agathon told the attendants to go and see who were the intruders. "If they are friends of ours," he said, "invite them in, but if not, say that the drinking is over.
الصفحة 61 - Did you not hear me say that he is not at home, fellows? But, my friend, I said, you need not be alarmed; for we are not Sophists, and we are not come to see Callias, but we want to see Protagoras; and I must request you to announce us.
الصفحة 9 - Look once more ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence...
الصفحة 100 - If they are friends of ours,' he said, 'invite them in, but if not, say that the drinking is over.' A little while afterwards they heard the voice of Alcibiades resounding in the court; he was in a great state of intoxication, and kept roaring and shouting 'Where is Agathon? Lead me to Agathon,' and at length, supported by the flutegirl and some of his attendants, he found his way to them.
الصفحة 13 - I am fortunate in not having my sandals, and as you never have any, I think that we may go along the brook and cool our feet in the water; this will be the easiest way, and at midday and in the summer is far from being unpleasant.
الصفحة 93 - ... off, and make one of us, as I was looking for you yesterday and meant to have asked you, if I could have found you.
الصفحة 51 - It is a great blot on Athenian civilisation that the position of woman had retrograded since the days of Homer. Her business now is simply to be the housewife and housemother, to apportion to the slaves their domestic work, to regulate the stores, to weave and superintend the weaving of garments, and to bring up the girls and little boys. She has received no particular education beyond these domestic accomplishments. Her place is inside the house. She may go abroad at festivals or on other recognised...
الصفحة 62 - my eyes beheld Tantalus"; for Prodicus the Cean was at Athens: he had been lodged in a room which, in the days of Hipponicus, was a storehouse; but, as the house was full, Callias had cleared this out and made the room into a guest-chamber. Now Prodicus was still in bed, wrapped up in sheepskins and bed-clothes, of which there seemed to be a great heap; and there...
الصفحة iii - Edited, with elaborate Introduction, Critical Notes, and Commentary, by TG TUCKER, Litt.D. (Cambridge), Hon. Litt.D. (Dublin), Professor of Classical Philology in the University of Melbourne, and formerly Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.