The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 3 (of 3)St. John, James Augustus
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The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 3 (of 3)
St. John, James Augustus
Greece -- Social life and customs
Cf. Plut. Arat. § 6. De Pauw, Rech. Phil. sur les Grecs, i. 3. p. 20.
Flowers seem to have been brought to market in corbels on asses.
Buonaroti, Oss. Istor. sop. alc. Medagl. Antich. p. 385.
Footnote 574:
Schol. Aristoph. Eq. 1320.
Footnote 575:
Schol. Aristoph. Pac. 528.
Footnote 576:
Casaub. ad Theoph. Char. p. 348. In wealthy states, says Xenophon, men
applied their riches to the purchase of costly arms, fine horses, and
magnificent houses and furniture; and the women to that of splendid
dresses and ornaments of gold. De Vectigal. iv. 8.
Footnote 577:
Lucian, Luc. siv. Asin. § 35.
Footnote 578:
Cf. Casaub. ad Theoph. Char. p. 257, seq.
Footnote 579:
Schol. Aristot. Eq. 103. Andocid. De Myrt. § 22.
Footnote 580:
Lucian. adv. Indoct. § 20.
Footnote 581:
Schol. Aristoph. Eq. 364. Athen. xiv. 75. See a pork-butcher’s shop in
Zoëga, Bassi Rilievi, tav. 28.
Footnote 582:
Herod. iv. 53. ii. 15. 113.
Footnote 583:
Casaub. ad Theoph. Char. p. 153. Dion Chrysost. i. 236. Cf. Leake,
Topog. of Athen. p. 64.
Footnote 584:
Eurip. ap. Poll. x. 112. Cf. Demosth. adv. Phœnip. § 3. Lucian,
Luc. siv. Asin. § 43.
Footnote 585:
Or perhaps water-carriers, this class of men having been numerous in
ancient cities, and remarkable for their insolence. Ælian. Var. Hist.
ix. 17. Even the camels employed in water-carrying are more vicious
than any other.
Footnote 586:
Aristoph. Acharn. 532, sqq.
Footnote 587:
Sch. Aristoph. Acharn. 494, 500.
Footnote 588:
Aristoph. Acharn. 860, sqq.
Footnote 589:
See in Zoëga, Bassi Rilievi, tav. 27, the representation of a
poulterer’s shop.
Footnote 590:
Sch. Aristoph. Ran. 257.
Footnote 591:
Id. Acharn. 314.
Footnote 592:
Plat. De Rep. t. vi. p. 83.
Footnote 593:
On the number of the corresponding class in London I possess no exact
information; but a modern writer who has displayed much curious
industry in describing the mechanism of the lower stages of society in
France gives the following estimate of _chiffonniers_ of Paris:—“En
exposant quels sont les principaux élémens de la classe pauvre mais
laborieuse, je ne dois pas omettre de faire connaître le nombre des
chiffonniers, espèce de manouvriers qui se rattachent aux manufactures
par la nature même des objets sur lesquels s’exerce leur industrie. Ce
métier, qui est un des moins honorés, a, malgré le dégoût qu’il
inspire généralement, un attrait particulier pour certaines gens et
surtout pour les enfans, parce qu’il n’assujettit à aucun
apprentissage, et qu’en outre, il permet à celui qui l’exerce, de
vaguer constamment sur la voie publique et de gagner aisément un
salaire raisonnable. On compte 2000 chiffonniers, et à-peu-près un
pareil nombre de femmes et d’enfans exerçant la même profession, en
tout 4000.” Frégier, Des Classes Dangereuses de la Population dans les
Grandes Villes, t. i. p. 27.
Footnote 594:
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