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Household Interests : Property, Marriage Strategies, and Family Dynamics in Ancient Athens /

Household Interests is one of the first books to explore in-depth the nature of the Greek household (oikos) in classical Athens. Whereas the oikos traditionally has been defined as the household of the nuclear family in Greece, Cheryl Anne Cox reveals it as a much more fluid structure, taking care t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cox, Cheryl Anne, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1998]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Families of the Private Orations
  • Chapter 2. Town and Country, Marriage and Death
  • Chapter 3. Harmony and Conflict within the Household
  • Chapter 4. Sibling Relationships
  • Chapter 5. What Was an Oikos?
  • Chapter 6. The Nonkinsman, the Oikos, and the Household
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix. The Political Families
  • References
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR