126. The Death Penalty of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Chapter XVI. The Ecclesia of Athens.

127. The Rule of Democracy in Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
128. Aristocracy and Wealth. Their Status and Burdens . . . . . . . 147
129. Athenian Society truly Democratic up to a Certain Point . . . . 148
130. The Voting Population of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
131. Meeting Times of the Ecclesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
132. The Pnyx (Assembly Place) at Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
133. The Preliminaries of the Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
134. Debating a Proposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
135. Voting at the Pnyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
136. The Ecclesia as an Educational Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Chapter XVII. The Afternoon at the Gymnasia

137. The Gymnasia. Places of General Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
138. The Road to the Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
139. The Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
140. The Social Atmosphere and Human Types at the Academy . . . . . 160
141. Philosophers and Cultivated Men at the Gymnasia . . . . . . . . 161
142. The Beautiful Youths at the Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
143. The Greek Worship of Manly Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
144. The Detestation of Old Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
145. The Greeks unite Moral and Physical Beauty . . . . . . . . . . 165
146. The Usual Gymnastic Sports and their Objects . . . . . . . . . 166
147. Professional Athletes: the Pancration . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
148. Leaping Contests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
149. Quoit Hurling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168