Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks

viii Contents
The Empire of Alexander the Great 31
The Hellenistic World 33
The Roman Conquest 34
2. Space and Time 37
Landscape and Climate 37
The City of Athens 39
Time and the Seasons 47
3. Language, Alphabet, and Literacy 53
The Origins of the Greek Language and Linear B 53
Literacy 58
Papyri 59
Ostraka 60
Libraries 61
4. The People 65
Social Organization 65
Women 70
Men 85
Parents and Children 89
The Elderly 98
The Disabled 102
Slaves 105
Foreigners and Barbarians 112
The Spartan Alternative 118
5. Private Life 127
Housing 127
Household Religion 133
Dress 134
Food and Drink 141
Drinking Parties 146