the Gymnasia, and later still, probably, at the dinner-party. Easy
and unconventional are the personal greetings. A little shaking
out of the mantle, an indescribable flourish with the hands. A
free Greek will despise himself for "bowing," even to the Great
King. To clasp hands implies exchanging a pledge, something for
more than mere salutation.

"Chaire, Aristomenes!"

"Chaire, Cleandros!"

Such is the usual greeting, using an expressive word which can mean
equally well "hail!" and "farewell!"

[*]To serve the state in any official capacity (usually without any
salary attached to the office) would give the highest satisfaction
to any Greek. The desire for participation in public affairs might
be described as a mania.

[+]Acts of the Apostles, 17:21.


19. Familiar Types around the Agora.--These animated, eager-faced
men whose mantles fall in statuesque folds prefer obviously to walk
under the Painted Porch, or the blue roof of heaven, while they
evolve their philosophies, mature their political schemes, or
organize the material for their orations and dramas, rather than to
bend over desks within close offices. Around the Athenian Agora,
a true type of this preference, and busy with this delightful
idleness, half a century earlier could have been seen a droll