one story high. If it has two stories, a few narrow slits above
the way may hint that here are the apartments for the slaves or
women. There are no street numbers. There are often no street
names. "So-and-so lives in such-and-such a quarter, near the
Temple of Heracles;" that will enable you to find a householder,
after a few tactful questions from the neighbors; and after all,
Athens is a relatively small city[*] (as great cities are reckoned),
very closely built, and her regular denizens do not feel the need
of a directory.

[*]Every guess at the population of Athens rests on mere conjecture;
yet, using the scanty data which we possess, it seems possible
that THE POPULATION OF ALL ATTICA at the height of its prosperity
was about 200,000 FREE PERSONS (including the METICS--resident
foreigners without citizenship); and a rather smaller number of
slaves--say 150,000 or less. Of this total of some 350,000, probably
something under one half resided in the city of Athens during times
of peace, the rest in the outlying farms and villages. ATHENS MAY
BE IMAGINED AS A CITY OF ABOUT 150,000--possibly a trifle more.
During serious wars there would be of course a general removal into
the city.

So the crowd elbows its way onward: now thinning, now gaining,
but the main stream always working towards the Market Place.



12. The Simplicity of Athenian Life.--It is clear we are entering
a city where nine tenths of what the twentieth century will consider
the "essential conveniences" of life are entirely lacking; where