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With this volume Sarah Pomeroy builds on the groundwork she laid in Xenophon Oeconomicus: A Social and Historical Commentary (Oxford, 1994) and 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 if Oikoi (`families' or `households') rather than of individual citizens. Pomeroy offers a highly original and authoritative account of the Greek family as a productive and reproductive social unit in Athens and elsewhere during the classical and Hellenistic periods, taking account of a mass literary, inscriptional, archaeological, anthropological, and art-historical evidence. Despite the unflagging scholarly interest in the development of the polis, until recently little attention has been paid to the history and structure of its smallest constituent, the oikos . This book is intended for students and scholars of Greek social history and classical studies.
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There is much to admire here. P. is a perceptive guide to the nature of the evidence and the challenges it offers. She provides generous portions of texts in translation, some hard to find elsewhere. (Mark Golden, The Classical Review)
this book is accessible, engaging, and characteristically sensible. (Marilyn B. Skinner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review)
Chapter 1, "Defining the Family," is unique in offering the reader a survey of the categories of family history ... Chapter 3, "Death and the Family," is one of the most valuable in the volume in that it offers the readers a synopsis of the evidence for death and the dead. Especially useful is the inclusion of Clairmont's studies of Attic tombstones together with reports on the archaeological remains of periboloi at Rhamnous ... the material is inherently interesting. (Virginia Hunter, Phoenix, 52 (1998) 3-4)
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Sarah B. Pomeroy is at City University of New York.
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Families in Classical and Hellenistic Greece Representations and Realities
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Black cloth covered hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in a like new dust jacket. 8vo. (8.4 x 0.7 x 5.3 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W photos and illustrations. Includes list of abbreviations, bibliography and an index. 261 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. With this volume Sarah Pomeroy builds on the groundwork she laid in Xenophon, economicus: A Social and Historical Commentary (Oxford, 1994) and 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 and authoritative account of the Greek family as a productive and reproductive social unit in Athens and elsewhere during the classical and Hellenistic periods, taking account of a mass of literary, inscriptional, archaeological, anthropological, and art-historical evidence. Despite the unflagging scholarly interest in the development of the polis, until recently little attention has been paid to the history and structure of its smallest constituent, the oikos. Pomeroy seeks to show that the Greek oikos had several versions: a pseudo-kin group restricted to male citizens; a mixed family group oriented towards the public, in which men predominated; and a family group of a more private nature that accommodated women to a greater extent, though without necessarily excluding men. Public legislation and private custom concurred to perpetuate the oikoi, expecting it to endure longer than the lifespan of any individual member and to bear economic and social burdens imposed by the state. Seller Inventory # 202240
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