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100 1 _aSt. John, James Augustus,
_d1795-1875
245 1 4 _aThe History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 1 (of 3)
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2022-03-03
508 _aKD Weeks, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 1" by J. A. St. John is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The work explores the cultural practices, social structures, and moral conditions of ancient Greek society, beginning with a focus on its original inhabitants and their influence on European civilization. It aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the factors that shaped Greek character, including education, domestic life, and religious practices. At the start of the volume, the author discusses the original inhabitants of Hellas, suggesting that the Greeks, known as the Hellenes, were preceded by the Pelasgians, whose migrations and settlements across Greece and surrounding regions are traced. The opening establishes the complexity of tracing Greek ancestry and focuses on the societal structures arising from these ancient peoples. St. John emphasizes the significance of climate and geography in shaping the moral character of the Greeks, setting the foundation for a broader investigation into the customs and manners that defined their civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: R. Bentley, 1842
653 _aGreece -- Social life and customs
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856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t5hb1tw1q
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67552
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