The Family In Greek History
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Author | : Cynthia B. Patterson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674041925 |
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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. Early Greek society was rooted not in clans but in individual households, and a man's or woman's place in the larger community was determined by relationships within those households. The development of the city-state did not result in loss of the family's power and authority, Patterson argues; rather, the protection of household relationships was an important element of early public law. The interaction of civic and family concerns in classical Athens is neatly articulated by the examples of marriage and adultery laws. In law courts and in theater performances, violation of marital relationships was presented as a public danger, the adulterer as a sexual thief. 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 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.
Author | : Victor Davis Hanson |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 1999-12-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520209350 |
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Victor Hanson shows that the "Greek revolution" was not the rise of a free and democratic urban culture, but rather the historic innovation of the independent family farm."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Sarah B. Pomeroy |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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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 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.
Author | : Alexandra Sofroniew |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2016-02-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1606064568 |
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Daily religious devotion in the Greek and Roman worlds centered on the family and the home. Besides official worship in rural sacred areas and at temples in towns, the ancients kept household shrines with statuettes of different deities that could have a deep personal and spiritual meaning. Roman houses were often filled with images of gods. Gods and goddesses were represented in mythological paintings on walls and in decorative mosaics on floors, in bronze and marble sculptures, on ornate silver dining vessels, and on lowly clay oil lamps that lit dark rooms. Even many modest homes had one or more religious objects that were privately venerated. Ranging from the humble to the magnificent, these small objects could be fashioned in any medium from terracotta to precious metal or stone. Showcasing the collections in the Getty Villa, this book’s emphasis on the spiritual beliefs and practices of individuals promises to make the works of Greek and Roman art more accessible to readers. Compelling representations of private religious devotion, these small objects express personal ways of worshiping that are still familiar to us today. A chapter on contemporary domestic worship further enhances the relevance of these miniature sculptures for modern viewers.
Author | : Walter Kirkpatrick Lacey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Philip Elliot Slater |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 2014-07-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1400862817 |
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The ancient Athenians were "quarrelsome as friends, treacherous as neighbors, brutal as masters, faithless as servants, shallow as lovers--all of which was in part redeemed by their intelligence and creativity." Thus writes Philip Slater in this classic work on narcissism and family relationships in fifth-century Athenian society. Exploring a rich corpus of Greek mythology and drama, he argues that the personalities and social behavior of the gods were neurotic, and that their neurotic conditions must have mirrored the family life of the people who perpetuated their myths. The author traces the issue of narcissism to mother-son relationships, focusing primarily on the literary representation of Hera and the male gods and showing how it related to devalued women raising boys in an ambitious society dominated by men. "The role of homosexuality in society, fatherless families, working mothers, women's status, and violence, male pride, and male bonding--all these find their place in Slater's analysis, so honestly and carefully addressed that we see our own societal dilemmas reflected in archaic mythic narratives all the more clearly."--Richard P. Martin, Princeton University Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author | : Ray Laurence |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2012-02-02 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1441139273 |
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New approaches to the study of the family in antiquity.
Author | : Beryl Rawson |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 2011-01-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1405187670 |
Download A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families. Provides up-to-date research on family structure from archaeology, art, social, cultural, and economic history Includes contributions from established and rising international scholars Features illustrations of families, children, slaves, and ritual life, along with maps and diagrams of sites and dwellings Honorable Mention for 2011 Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences PROSE award granted by the Association of American Publishers
Author | : Raphael Sealey |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780472105243 |
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A well-grounded study of the Greek contribution to law
Author | : Anne Millard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : 9780750215107 |
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The FAMILY LIFE series uses a variety of historical sources to show what family, social and domestic life was like during this period of history. The Classical period in ancient Greece was a golden age. It was a time of prosperity. Greek learning and culture were all a part of everyday life. Ancient Greece was the home of philosophy, democracy and the Olympic Games. The ancient Greeks developed a whole civilisation which has helped to shape modern day Europe.