. . . . . . . . . . . 158 139. The
Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 140. The Social
Atmosphere and Human Types at the Academy . . . . . 160 141.
Philosophers and Cultivated Men at the Gymnasia . . . . . . . . 161 142.
The Beautiful Youths at the Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 143. The
Greek Worship of Manly Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 144. The
Detestation of Old Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 145. The Greeks
unite Moral and Physical Beauty . . . . . . . . . . 165 146. The Usual
Gymnastic Sports and their Objects . . . . . . . . . 166 147. Professional
Athletes: the Pancration . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 148. Leaping
Contests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 149. Quoit
Hurling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 150. Casting the
Javelin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 151.
Wrestling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 152. Foot
Races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 153. The Pentathlon: the
Honors paid to Great Athletes . . . . . . 172
Chapter XVIII.
Athenian Cookery and the Symposium
154. Greek Meal Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 155. Society
desired at Meals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 156. The Staple Articles
of Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 157. Greek
Vintages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 158. Vegetable
Dishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 159. Meat and Fish
Dishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 160. Inviting Guests to a Dinner
Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 161. Preparing for the Dinner: the Sicilian
Cook . . . . . . . . . 182 162. The Coming of the
Guests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 163. The Dinner
Proper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 164. Beginning the
Symposium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 165. The Symposiarch and
his Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 166. Conversation at the
Symposium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 167. Games and
Entertainments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 168. Going Home from the
Feast: Midnight Revelers . . . . . . . . . 189
Chapter XIX.
Country Life around Athens.
169. The Importance of his Farm to an Athenian . . . . . . . . . . . 191 170.
The Country by the Ilissus: the Greeks and Natural Beauty . . 191 171.
Plato's Description of the Walk by the Ilissus . . . . . . . . 193 172. The
Athenian Love of Country
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