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- Frontmatter I
- PREFACE VII
- PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION X
- CONTENTS XI
- ILLUSTRATIONS XIII
- I. SOURCES OF INFORMATION 1
- II. GREEK STATES APART FROM ATTICA 6
- III. ATTICA AND ATHENS 17
- IV. ARCHITECTURE AND THE MONUMENTS OF ATHENS 23
- V. HOUSE, FURNITURE, AND VASES 37
- VI. SCULPTURE 46
- VII. ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS 63
- VIII. POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE ATHENIAN PEOPLE 79
- IX. WRITING AND BOOKS 114
- X. LITERATURE 122
- XI. ATHENIAN EDUCATION 152
- XII. THEATER AND THE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS 172
- XIII. TRAGEDY 185
- XIV. CHARACTERISTICS OF ATTIC TRAGEDY 200
- XV. COMEDY 212
- XVI. PHILOSOPHY 217
- XVII. RELIGION 252
- XVIII. SCIENCE 271
- XIX. THE NEW STUDY OF ANCIENT GREECE 280
- XX. THE GENIUS OF THE GREEKS 287
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX 297
- INDEX 321
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- PREFACE VII
- PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION X
- CONTENTS XI
- ILLUSTRATIONS XIII
- I. SOURCES OF INFORMATION 1
- II. GREEK STATES APART FROM ATTICA 6
- III. ATTICA AND ATHENS 17
- IV. ARCHITECTURE AND THE MONUMENTS OF ATHENS 23
- V. HOUSE, FURNITURE, AND VASES 37
- VI. SCULPTURE 46
- VII. ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS 63
- VIII. POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE ATHENIAN PEOPLE 79
- IX. WRITING AND BOOKS 114
- X. LITERATURE 122
- XI. ATHENIAN EDUCATION 152
- XII. THEATER AND THE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS 172
- XIII. TRAGEDY 185
- XIV. CHARACTERISTICS OF ATTIC TRAGEDY 200
- XV. COMEDY 212
- XVI. PHILOSOPHY 217
- XVII. RELIGION 252
- XVIII. SCIENCE 271
- XIX. THE NEW STUDY OF ANCIENT GREECE 280
- XX. THE GENIUS OF THE GREEKS 287
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX 297
- INDEX 321