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24 Hours in Ancient Athens
24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There | Philip Matyszak
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During the course of a day we meet 24 ancient Athenians from all levels of society - from the slave-girl to the councilman, the fish-seller to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite - and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company.
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I thought that the methodology of this book was interesting, the author took different dialogues and plays and whatnot and used them as sources for little vignettes of moments in different people‘s day in Athens. But almost immediately there was the awkward feeling of male authors (past and present)writing women as utterly fascinated by men. The wedding procession scene in particular had me rolling my eyes.