Chapter 21

198. The Frequent Festivals in Athens 199. The Eleusinia 200. The Holy Procession to Eleusis 201. The Mysteries of Eleusis 202. The Greater Dionysia and the Drama 203. The Theater of Dionysus 204. The Production of a Play 205. The Great Panathenaic Procession 206. The View from the Temple of Wingless Victory

Index

Maps, Plans, and Illustrations.

1. Athenian Acropolis 2. Sketch Map of Attica 3. Sketch Map of Athens 4. Peasant going to Market 5. At the Street Fountain 6. A Wayside Herm 7. A Carpenter 8. Conjectural Plan for the house of a Wealthy Athenian 9. Spinning 10. The Maternal Slipper 11. Athenian Funeral Monument 12. At the Smithy 13. Hoplite in Armor 14. The Town of Peiræus and the Harbors of Athens 15. Fishermen 16. An Athenian Trireme 17. The Race in Armor 18. Itinerant Piper with his Dog 19. Women pounding Meal 20. Gathering the Olive Harvest 21. Rural Sacrifice to a Wooden Statue of Dionysus 22. Sketch Map of the Acropolis of Athens 23. Sacrificing a Pig 24. Athena Parthenos 25. Comic Actors dressed as Ostriches 26. Actor in Costume as a Fury

A Day in Old Athens