A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds [Hardcover]

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

List of Illustrations viii
List of Tables xi
Notes on Contributors xii
Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction: Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds 1
Beryl Rawson

Part I Houses and Households 13

1 Family and Household, Ancient History and Archeology: A Case Study from Roman Egypt 15
Lisa Nevett

2 Space and Social Relationships in the Greek Oikos of the Classical and Hellenistic Periods 32
Monika Tr?mper

3 Space and Social Relations in the Roman West 53
Jens-Arne Dickmann

4 Household Composition in the Ancient Mediterranean  What Do We Really Know? 73
Sabine R. Huebner

5 The Royal Families of Argead Macedon and the Hellenistic World 92
Daniel Ogden