| BOOK I. | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Original Inhabitants of Hellas | [1] |
| II. | Character of the Greeks | [29] |
| III. | Geographical Outline | [51] |
| IV. | Capital Cities of Greece—Athens | [70] |
| V. | Capital Cities of Greece—Sparta | [92] |
| BOOK II. | ||
| EDUCATION. | ||
| I. | Theory of Education.—Birth of Children.—Infanticide | [107] |
| II. | Birth-feast.—Naming the Child.—Nursery.—Nursery Tales.—Spartan Festivals | [128] |
| III. | Toys, Sports, and Pastimes | [144] |
| IV. | Elementary Instruction | [164] |
| V. | Exercises of Youth | [189] |
| VI. | Hunting and Fowling | [206] |
| VII. | Schools of the Philosophers and Sophists | [233] |
| VIII. | Education of the Spartans, Cretans, Arcadians,&c. | [265] |
| IX. | Influence of the Fine Arts on Education | [289] |
| X. | Hellenic Literature | [314] |
| XI. | Spirit of the Grecian Religion | [349] |
| BOOK III. | ||
| WOMEN. | ||
| I. | Women in Heroic Ages | [369] |
| II. | Women of Doric States | [382] |
| III. | Condition of unmarried Women.—Love. | [401] |
THE HISTORY
OF THE
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
OF
ANCIENT GREECE.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF HELLAS.
The country of the Hellenes, which, in imitation of the Romans, we denominate Greece, was to its own inhabitants known by the name of Hellas. But the signification of this term was not fixed, being sometimes confined to Greece Proper, at others, comprehending likewise the possessions of the Hellenes in Asia; that is, Hellas within and beyond the Ægæan, as we now say, India within and beyond the Ganges.[[3]] The progress of the name seems to have been as follows: it designated, originally,[[4]] a city of Thessaly, built by Hellen son of Deucalion; next, Phthiotis; the whole of Thessaly; all Greece, with the exception sometimes of Peloponnesos, sometimes of Macedonia, sometimes,—which is very remarkable,—of Thessaly itself; sometimes of Epeiros; then all Greece within the Ægæan; afterwards all countries inhabited by Greeks in whatever part of the world; and, lastly, it would appear to have been occasionally employed to signify Athens alone.[[5]] The most ancient name, Pelasgia, sprang from the race who first, perhaps, peopled that part of Europe.