The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . tion with friends — with whom, sometimes, he sat on the benches thatwere interspersedamong the colon-nades. At suchtimes, he was al-ways followed byone or two hand-some slave boys,to run midday, he re-turned home fora light lunch. Inthe afternoon, hesometimes , if a student,he took to his rollsof papyrus. Or,if a statesman,perhaps he prepared his speech for the next meeting of theAssembly. Sometimes, he visited the public gaming houses orthe clubs. During the afternoon,—usually toward evening,— he bathed at a public bath
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . tion with friends — with whom, sometimes, he sat on the benches thatwere interspersedamong the colon-nades. At suchtimes, he was al-ways followed byone or two hand-some slave boys,to run midday, he re-turned home fora light lunch. Inthe afternoon, hesometimes , if a student,he took to his rollsof papyrus. Or,if a statesman,perhaps he prepared his speech for the next meeting of theAssembly. Sometimes, he visited the public gaming houses orthe clubs. During the afternoon,—usually toward evening,— he bathed at a public bathing house, hot, cold, or vaporbath, as his taste decided; and here again he held conversationwith friends, while resting, or while the slave attendants rubbedhim with oil and ointment. The bath was usually preceded byan hour or more of exercise in a gymnasium. Toward sunset, he once more visited his home, unless he wasto dine out. If the evening meal was to be, for a rare occasion,at home and without guests, he ate with his family, — his wife. The Wrestlers. §239] A GENTLEMANS DAY 239 sitting at the foot of the couch where he reclined ; and soonafterward he went to bed. More commonly, he entertainedguests — whom he had invited to dinner as he met them atthe market place in the morning — or he was himself a guestelsewhere. The evening meal deserves a section to itself (§ 239). Firstlet us note that such days as we have just described were notallowed to become monotonous at Athens. For several yearsof his life, the citizen was certain to be busied most of the timein the service of the state (§ 212). At other times, the meet-ings of the Assembly and the religious festivals and the theatertook at least one day out of every three. 239. The evening banquet played a large part in Greek guests arrived, they took their places in pairs, on couches,which were arranged around the room, each man reclining onhis left arm. Slaves removed the sandals or shoes, wash-ing t
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