A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Editor(s): Beryl Rawson

Published Online: 21 MAR 2011 07:29AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405187671

Online ISBN: 9781444390766

DOI: 10.1002/9781444390766

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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

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xix)

    1. Introduction: Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds (pages 1–11)

      Beryl Rawson

  3. Part I: Houses and Households

    1. Chapter 1

      Family and Household, Ancient History and Archeology: A Case Study from Roman Egypt (pages 13–31)

      Lisa Nevett

    2. Chapter 2

      Space and Social Relationships in the Greek Oikos of the Classical and Hellenistic Periods (pages 32–52)

      Monika Trümper

    3. Chapter 3

      Space and Social Relations in the Roman West (pages 53–72)

      Jens-Arne Dickmann

    4. Chapter 4

      Household Composition in the Ancient Mediterranean – What do we Really Know? (pages 73–91)

      Sabine R. Huebner

    5. Chapter 5

      The Royal Families of Argead Macedon and the Hellenistic World (pages 92–107)

      Daniel Ogden

    6. Chapter 6

      Monogamy and Polygyny (pages 108–115)

      Walter Scheidel

    7. Chapter 7

      The Roman Family as Productive Unit (pages 116–128)

      Richard Saller

    8. Chapter 8

      The Families of Roman Slaves and Freedmen (pages 129–144)

      Henrik Mouritsen

    9. Chapter 9

      Foreign Families in Roman Italy (pages 145–160)

      David Noy

    10. Chapter 10

      Soldiers' Families in the Early Roman Empire (pages 161–182)

      Penelope Allison

    11. Chapter 11

      The Household as a Venue for Religious Conversion: The Case of Christianity (pages 183–197)

      Kate Cooper

    12. Chapter 12

      What we do and Don't Know about Early Christian Families (pages 198–213)

      Carolyn Osiek

  4. Part II: Kinship, Marriage, Parents, and Children

    1. Chapter 13

      Consubstantiality, Incest, and Kinship in Ancient Greece1 (pages 215–230)

      Jérôme Wilgaux

    2. Chapter 14

      Marriage in Ancient Athens1 (pages 231–244)

      Cheryl A. Cox

    3. Chapter 15

      From Ceremonial to Sexualities: A Survey of Scholarship on Roman Marriage (pages 245–261)

      Suzanne Dixon

    4. Chapter 16

      Other People's Children (pages 262–275)

      Mark Golden

    5. Chapter 17

      The Roman Life Course and the Family (pages 276–290)

      Tim Parkin

    6. Chapter 18

      Childbirth and Infancy in Greek and Roman Antiquity (pages 291–314)

      Véronique Dasen

    7. Chapter 19

      Grieving for Lost Children, Pagan and Christian (pages 315–330)

      Christian Laes

  5. Part III: The Legal Side

    1. Chapter 20

      Greek Law and the Family (pages 331–345)

      Eva Cantarella

    2. Chapter 21

      Adoption and Heirship in Greece and Rome (pages 346–360)

      Hugh Lindsay

    3. Chapter 22

      Roman “Horror” of Intestacy? (pages 361–376)

      Jane F. Gardner

    4. Chapter 23

      Promoting Pietas through Roman Law (pages 377–392)

      Judith Evans Grubbs

  6. Part IV: City and Country

    1. Chapter 24

      Greek Cities and Families (pages 393–407)

      Sara Saba

    2. Chapter 25

      A Walk with the Dead: A Funerary Cityscape of Ancient Rome (pages 408–430)

      Christopher Johanson

    3. Chapter 26

      The Family and the Roman Countryside (pages 431–444)

      Stephen L. Dyson

  7. Part V: Ritual, Commemoration, Values

    1. Chapter 27

      Families and Religion in Classical Greece (pages 445–464)

      Janett E. Morgan

    2. Chapter 28

      Picturing Greek Families (pages 465–487)

      Ada Cohen

    3. Chapter 29

      Celebrating the Saturnalia: Religious Ritual and Roman Domestic Life (pages 488–503)

      Fanny Dolansky

    4. Chapter 30

      Ethos: The Socialization of Children in Education and beyond (pages 504–520)

      Teresa Morgan

    5. Chapter 31

      Picturing the Roman Family (pages 521–541)

      Janet Huskinson

    6. Chapter 32

      Devotional Visuality in Family Funerary Monuments in the Roman World (pages 542–563)

      Janet H. Tulloch

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      Glossary (pages 564–566)

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      References (pages 567–623)

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      Index (pages 624–643)

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