
24 Hours in Ancient Athens
A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
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Narrated by:
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Gareth Richards
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By:
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Philip Matyszak
Athens, 416 BC. A tenuous peace holds. The city-state's political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundaries of social, literary, and philosophical experimentation in an era when it has a greater concentration of geniuses per capita than at any other time in human history. Yet even geniuses go to the bathroom, argue with their spouse, and enjoy a drink with friends.
Few of the city's other inhabitants enjoy the benefits of such a civilized society, though—as multicultural and progressive as Athens can be, many are barred from citizenship. No, for the average person, life is about making ends meet, whether that be selling fish, guarding the temple, or smuggling lucrative Greek figs.
During the course of a day we meet twenty-four Athenians from all strata of society—from the slave-girl to the councilman, the vase painter 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. We encounter a different one of these characters every chapter, with each chapter forming an hour in the life of the ancient city. We also get to spy on the daily doings of notable Athenians through the eyes of regular people as the city hovers on the brink of the fateful war that will destroy its golden age.
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Maybe the narrator for 24 hours in Rome spoiled me
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I enjoyed the narrator’s voice and he does an admirable job at bringing further humanity to the book’s characters. His voice has a cheeky quality that really compliments some of the author’s dry wit. My only complaint is that he consistently mispronounces Greek names and words. By mispronounce, I mean that he doesn’t use the accepted English (or even Ancient Greek) pronunciations, e.g. “Tyche” (TIE-key) becomes “Tike” (rhymes with bike) and “Agoge” (a-GO-gay) becomes Agodj (rhymes with the cryptocurrency Doge Coin).
You will have no regrets buying this book.
Another enthralling book by P. Matyszak
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