Show CLUBS BEGAN IN ATHENS had the time same eproso as men of tory today to ry day the birthplace of the earliest club i a disputed point lut L ut it is is well alinovi r that Is nira P the r second 5 ac u of rome korne who ho died E D C bauld foai trade guild guilds s la a some roine during hs ii is r i similar milar I 1 to the guilds of the which rjay so important a part in in th history of the naddie a agas cr at or iiii time ahr there re were so 80 of these gm fluids Ms it ir rome alone later they spread bayon th the ra metropolis t borks for the boatmen of use the aeme at paris and aird those of the lowe gioi hore clubs of theer own tu of rome isome however scarcely arr cpr er to our idea of a club wa feaks th the cleveland recorder corder Ite we therefore turn aith greater confidence to athen where such a club seems to have originated the old athenian clubs yer not ot in all respects similar to tad those 0 rabern ondon london I and new york bu acre was nevertheless nevert beless between theia ci a iwig affinity aristotle who flour A hed aed ed B C tells vs un that men of th tb anie ame trade and members embers ru of a particia tr ar tribe were wont to club tog together gether for ugliness purposes ne he goes on to say hat others combined for the sake of social intercourse intercom fee e and adds that ahw th t meet together for the mke eake of one another s company and to offer ener 1 flees when they meet they both ity pay certain honors to the gods and agui at t the e same time take ade pleas pleasure sure and relaxation among themselves this would seeni to gamt to athens as being the birthplace of the enT earliest liest club |