Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE HISTORY
OF THE
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
OF
ANCIENT GREECE.

BY J. A. ST. JOHN.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
=Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.=
1842.

LONDON:
Printed by S. & J. BENTLEY, WILSON, and FLEY,
Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

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BOOK III.

CHAPTER PAGE

IV. Marriage Ceremonies 1
V. Condition of Married Women 28
VI. Toilette, Dress, and Ornaments 50

BOOK IV.

I. Private Dwellings 75
II. Household Furniture 97
III. Food of Homeric Times—Meat, Fish, &c. 125
IV. Poultry, Fruit, Wine, &c. 150
V. Entertainments 170
VI. Entertainments (_continued_) 197
VII. The Theatre 220
VIII. The Theatre (_continued_) 248

BOOK V.

RURAL LIFE.

I. The Villa and the Farmyard 269
II. Garden and Orchard 301
III. Vineyards, Vintage, &c. 335
IV. Studies of the Farmer 362
V. The Various Processes of Agriculture 381
VI. Pastoral Life 401

THE HISTORY
OF THE
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
OF
ANCIENT GREECE.