. . . 233 205. The Great Panathenaic
Procession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 206. The View from the Temple of
Wingless Victory . . . . . . . . . 237
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Maps, Plans, and Illustrations.
1. Athenian Acropolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece Page 2.
Sketch Map of Attica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Sketch Map of
Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4. Peasant going to
Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. At the Street
Fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. A Wayside
Herm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7. A
Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8. Conjectural Plan for
the house of a Wealthy Athenian . . . . . . 29 9.
Spinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 10. The Maternal
Slipper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 11. Athenian Funeral
Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . FACING PAGE 88 12. At the
Smithy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 13. Hoplite in
Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 14. The Town of Peiræus and
the Harbors of Athens . . . . . . . . . 118 15.
Fishermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 16. An Athenian
Trireme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 17. The Race in
Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 18. Itinerant Piper with his
Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 19. Women pounding
Meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 20. Gathering the Olive
Harvest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 21. Rural Sacrifice to a Wooden
Statue of Dionysus . . . . . . . . . 202 22. Sketch Map of the Acropolis of
Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 23. Sacrificing a
Pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 24. Athena
Parthenos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 25. Comic Actors dressed
as Ostriches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 26. Actor in Costume as a
Fury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
A Day in Old Athens
Chapter I.
The Physical Setting of Athens.
1. The Importance of Athens in Greek History.--To three ancient
nations the men of the twentieth century owe an incalculable debt. To
the Jews we owe most of our
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