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A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis
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174. An Attic Farmstead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
175. Plowing, Reaping, and Threshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
176. Grinding at the Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
177. The Olive Orchards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
178. The Vineyards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
179. Cattle, Sheep, and Goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
180. The Gardens and the Shrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Chapter XX. The Temples and Gods of Athens.

181. Certain Factors in Athenian Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
182. What constitutes "Piety" in Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
183. The Average Athenians Idea of the Gods . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
184. Most Greeks without Belief in Immortality . . . . . . . . . . . 207
185. The Multitude of Images of the Gods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
186. Greek Superstition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
187. Consulting Omens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
188. The Great Oracles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
189. Greek Sacrifices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
190. The Route to the Acropolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
191. The Acropolis of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
192. The Use of Color Upon Athenian Architecture and Sculptures . . 216
193. The Chief Buildings on the Acropolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
194. The Parthenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
195. A Sacrifice on the Acropolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
196. The Interior of the Parthenon and the Great Image of Athena . . 222
197. Greek Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Chapter XXI. The Great Festival of Athens.

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