Families in classical and Hellenistic Greece : representations and realities / Sarah B. Pomeroy.
Families in classical and Hellenistic Greece : representations and realities / Sarah B. Pomeroy.
Families in classical and Hellenistic Greece : representations and realities / Sarah B. Pomeroy.
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Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N306.8509495/1
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English
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Physical content
x, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Defining the Family -- 2. Heredity and Personal Identity -- 3. Death and the Family -- 4. Some Greek Families at Work -- 5. Two Case Histories -- 6. Families in Ptolemaic Egypt.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
With this volume Sarah Pomeroy provides the first comprehensive study of the Greek family. Knowledge of the family and kin groups is fundamental to understanding the development of the political and legal framework of the polis, a community of oikoi ('families' or 'households') rather than of individual citizens. Pomeroy offers a highly original an...
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Families in classical and Hellenistic Greece : representations and realities / Sarah B. Pomeroy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N306.8509495/1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMyM7dl2ZM
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ISBN
0198152604 (pbk)
9780198143925
0198143923
9780198152606
0198152604
9780198152606 (pbk)
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306.8509495
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991001998589702626
