. . . . 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 Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 173. Some Features of the Attic Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 174. An Attic Farmstead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 175. Plowing, Reaping, and Threshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 176. Grinding at the Mill . . . . . .
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