Greek Social Life

Name stamp FLEP, Private Name Plate FLEP, No Library Distinctions, Slight toning, else content appears as unread and unblemished with olive green cloth covered boards displaying no minor surface/edge wear, as shown. Some bumping head & heel of spine & light tape residue on spine.

From Preface: It might perhaps be possible to collect within the compass of one small volume a series of passages, from Homer to Agathias, which should illustrate the varying phases of Greek social life in the Mediterranean countries during fifteen centuries. But such a collection, though it would have the fascination of a kaleidoscope, would also have its bewildering inconsistencies; and on the whole it seems better, considering the limitations of space, to confine our picture chiefly to that period and that city which supplies us with the largest amount of material, and only to consider here with any fullness the conditions of society of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.

As a matter of fact, when we speak of Greek manners we usually mean Athenian manners, even as when we speak of Greek history we usually mean the period between the Persian Wars and the death of Alexander. The very different conditions that prevailed in Sparta are only taken into account as a parenthesis, and the other states of Greece, Corinth, Thebes, Argos, Thessaly and the rest, are almost disregarded. Nor is this as unreasonable as it might seem. Athens was the school of Greece, and her teaching extended over all departments of life. When Athens rose to greatness, Greece was great; when Athens fell, Greece shared in her decline.

This book is from a 100 year old Jewish Temple library. Many books are from the 19th Century. Books were not written in at that time, instead an index card with info. Am enclosing that card for you. Enjoy.

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