The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks
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The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks is a synthesis of what was known in the late nineteenth century about the daily lives of ancient Greeks. Before this book, most of the works on Greece were related to the kings, warriors, and significant political events. This book is the first account of the life of the common folk and even enslaved people. The book is based on the Greeks' texts and works of art. For example, Blümner frequently refers to Homer's descriptions of the ancient world and vase paintings. The book describes such elements of everyday life as clothing, childbirth, and childhood (it covers how children were cared for and how they amused themselves), the kind of education Greek children had, and marriage customs. This is followed by a dawn-to-bedtime study of daily life in a Greek household, a chapter on sickness and death, details of the athletic, musical, and religious activities, and public festivals. The book then delves into the lives of soldiers, farmers, and artisans and closes with a chapter on enslaved people who greatly outnumbered the free population of ancient Greece.
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Hugo Blumner. The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks
The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks
Table of Content
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. COSTUME
CHAPTER II. BIRTH AND INFANCY
CHAPTER III. EDUCATION
CHAPTER IV. MARRIAGE AND WOMEN
CHAPTER V. DAILY LIFE WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE HOUSE
CHAPTER VI. MEALS AND SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS
CHAPTER VII. SICKNESS AND PHYSICIANS, DEATH AND BURIAL
CHAPTER VIII. GYMNASTICS
CHAPTER IX. MUSIC AND DANCING
CHAPTER X. RELIGIOUS WORSHIP
CHAPTER XI. PUBLIC FESTIVALS
CHAPTER XII. THE THEATRE
CHAPTER XIII. WAR AND SEAFARING
CHAPTER XIV. AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND HANDICRAFT
CHAPTER XV. SLAVERY
LIST OF AUTHORITIES CONSULTED FOR THIS BOOK
FOOTNOTES
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Hugo Blümner
e-artnow, 2022
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the points, which helped to keep the cloak firm in its place. It was, however, a special art, which required practice, and probably also assistance, to produce a beautiful and harmonious drapery in this kind of dress; and the position of the wearer showed itself in the way in which he wore his himation, which ought neither to be drawn up too far, nor fall too low. It was also regarded as inelegant to wear the cloak from right to left. There is no nobler or more perfect example of this costume, in which the chiton is combined with the himation, than the portrait statue of Sophocles in the Lateran given in Fig. 7. Here the wide cloak with its many folds covers the form in such a way as not to hide the shape of the body, and the various folds caused by the position of the arm and the mode of draping the cloak are combined together in the most harmonious manner. A humorous counterpart of this ideal figure is Fig. 8 in terra-cotta, representing a vulgar citizen in chiton and himation.
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