| Description |
xviii, 217 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The family : for better or worse -- 2. Outside the fold, beyond the pale : problems of non-citizen women -- 3. Preserving the Oikos : the woes of inheritance -- 4. The best of enemies : patterns of friendship and enmity -- 5. A peculiar institution : the etiquette of homosexual relationships -- 6. Slaves and slave-masters -- 7. Dealing with the Gods : piety and impiety -- 8. A vision of the past : the role of the anecdote in the formation of the Athenian self-image. |
| Note |
"First published in the UK in 2004 by Edinburgh University Press"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [210]-215) and index. |
| Subject |
Athens (Greece) -- Civilization.
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Ethics -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.
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| ISBN |
025334526X |
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0253217474 paperback |
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