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Æginetan allowed archon Argos aristocracies Athenian Athenian citizens Athens athletic Attic Attic talent barathrum beauty became Boeotia brought called celebrated classes CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES coinage common contests course court dead Delphi Demosthenes described dinner Dionysia Dorians Doric drachmæ 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 J. P. MAHAFFY land later days Laurium lived luxury magistrates master meals merchants minæ month nation Nemea obols old Greek Olympic ordinary ornament oxen paid Pheidias pillars poets political Posidippus Pythian games race regarded religious rich sculpture slaves solemn Sparta speak street taught temples Thessaly thought Thucydides token money tomb trade travelling usually various walls wine women wool wore worshipped Zeus
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