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Ęginetan allowed archon Argos aristocracies Asia Minor Athenian Athenian citizens Athens athletic Attic Attic talent barathrum beauty became Boeotia brought called celebrated classes coinage common contests course court Cyrene dead Delphi Demosthenes described dinner Dionysia Dorians Doric drachmę dress duties early entablature especially fashion feast festivals friends garment gods Greece Greek cities Greek history Greek House Greek society Greek towns hand hear heroes Hesiod Homer honour horses household important Ionians land later days Laurium lived luxury magistrates master merchants minę modern month nation natural Nemea obols old Greek Olympic ordinary ornament oxen paid Parthenon Pheidias pillars poets political Pythian games race regarded religious rich sculpture slaves solemn Sparta speak street sweetmeats temples Thessaly thought Thucydides token money tomb trade travelling Triglyph usually various walls wine women wool wore worshipped Zeus
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Page 39 - It is difficult for us to put ourselves in the place of the ancients as regards slaves. They were looked upon strictly as part of the chattels of the house, on a level rather with horses and oxen than with human beings. No Greek philosopher, however humane, had the least idea of objecting to slavery in itself, which was, Aristotle...