The family in Greek history /

The Family, Cynthia Patterson demonstrates, played a key role in the political changes that mark the history of ancient Greece. From the archaic society portrayed in Homer and Hesiod to the Hellenistic age, the private world of the family and household was integral with and essential to the civic re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patterson, Cynthia
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Temas:
Families > Greece > History.
Domestic relations > Greece > History.
Families in literature.
Domestic relations in literature.
Familles > Grèce > Histoire.
Familles > Droit > Grèce > Histoire.
Familles dans la littérature.
Famille > Droit dans la littérature.
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece
Domestic relations
Domestic relations in literature
Families
Families in literature
Gezin.
Griekse oudheid.
Greece
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Family, Cynthia Patterson demonstrates, played a key role in the political changes that mark the history of ancient Greece. From the archaic society portrayed in Homer and Hesiod to the Hellenistic age, the private world of the family and household was integral with and essential to the civic realm. This is an understanding that fits the Athenian concept of the city as the highest form of family. The suppression of the cities with the ascendancy of Alexander's empire led to a new resolution of the relationship between public and private authority: the concept of a community of households, which is clearly exemplified in Menander's plays. Undercutting hitherto common interpretations of Greek experience as evolving from clan to patriarchal state, Patterson's insightful analysis sheds new light on the role of men and women in Greek culture.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (286 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-281) and index.
ISBN:9780674041929
0674041925

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