Slave-wives, single women and "bastards" in the ancient Greek world : law and economics perspectives / Morris Silver.
2018
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Silver, Morris, author.
Title
Slave-wives, single women and "bastards" in the ancient Greek world : law and economics perspectives / Morris Silver.
Edition
Paperback Edition.
Imprint
Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2018.
Copyright
©2018
Description
xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Socioeconomic foundation of the Pallakē institution
Pallakē-wife as privileged slave : central texts
Constructing the Greek wife : legal aspects
Constructing the Greek-wife : ritual aspects
"Wife" as a multidimensional status in Ancient Greece : supplementary evidence
"Wife" as a multidimensional status in Ancient Greece : testimony of Euripides's Electra
Path to Pallakia
Single woman as Hetaira a suppliant
Wealth transfers in the Greek marriage market with emphasis on the roles of distance and single woman status
Wealth transfers in the Greek marriage market : the spinning Hetaira
Companionship as an adaptation to the dangerous life of the single woman
Role of cults in the marriage of single women
Hetaira as textile worker
Legal status of Nothoi
Share the wealth? : not with (foreigner) Nothoi
Case studies in Pallakia : Homer's Penelope as Pallakē
Case studies in Pallakia : Hera as Zeus's Pallakē
Case studies in Pallakia : Classical Athens
Summary of main findings and problems for future research.
Pallakē-wife as privileged slave : central texts
Constructing the Greek wife : legal aspects
Constructing the Greek-wife : ritual aspects
"Wife" as a multidimensional status in Ancient Greece : supplementary evidence
"Wife" as a multidimensional status in Ancient Greece : testimony of Euripides's Electra
Path to Pallakia
Single woman as Hetaira a suppliant
Wealth transfers in the Greek marriage market with emphasis on the roles of distance and single woman status
Wealth transfers in the Greek marriage market : the spinning Hetaira
Companionship as an adaptation to the dangerous life of the single woman
Role of cults in the marriage of single women
Hetaira as textile worker
Legal status of Nothoi
Share the wealth? : not with (foreigner) Nothoi
Case studies in Pallakia : Homer's Penelope as Pallakē
Case studies in Pallakia : Hera as Zeus's Pallakē
Case studies in Pallakia : Classical Athens
Summary of main findings and problems for future research.
Summary
"Greek scholars have produced a vast body of evidence bearing on nuptial practices that has yet to be mined by a professional economist. By standing on their shoulders, the author proposes and tests radically new interpretations of three important status groups in Greek history: the pallake, the hetaira, and the nothos. It is argued that legitimate marriage - that is "marriage by loan of the bride to the groom" - was not the only form of legal marriage in classical Athens and the ancient Greek world generally. Pallakia, that is, "marriage by sale of the bride to the groom", also was legally recognized. The pallake-wifeship transaction is a sale into slavery with a restrictive covenant mandating the employment of the sold woman as a wife. In this highly original and challenging new book economist Morris Silver proposes and tests the hypothesis that the likelihood of bride sale rises with increases in the distance between the ancestral residence of the groom and the father's household. The "bastard" (nothoi) children of pallakai lacked the legal right to inherit from their fathers but were routinely eligible for Athenian citizenship. It is argued that the basic social meaning of hetaira ("companion") is not "prostitute"/"courtesan" but "single woman" - that is, a woman legally recognized as being under her own authority (kuria). The defensive adaptation of single women is reflected in Greek myth and social practice by their grouping into "packs", most famously the Daniads and Amazons"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
"Greek scholars have produced a vast body of evidence bearing on nuptial practices that has yet to be mined by a professional economist. By standing on their shoulders, the author proposes and tests radically new interpretations of three important status groups in Greek history: the pallake, the hetaira, and the nothos. It is argued that legitimate marriage - that is "marriage by loan of the bride to the groom" - was not the only form of legal marriage in classical Athens and the ancient Greek world generally. Pallakia, that is, "marriage by sale of the bride to the groom", also was legally recognized. The pallake-wifeship transaction is a sale into slavery with a restrictive covenant mandating the employment of the sold woman as a wife. In this highly original and challenging new book economist Morris Silver proposes and tests the hypothesis that the likelihood of bride sale rises with increases in the distance between the ancestral residence of the groom and the father's household. The "bastard" (nothoi) children of pallakai lacked the legal right to inherit from their fathers but were routinely eligible for Athenian citizenship. It is argued that the basic social meaning of hetaira ("companion") is not "prostitute"/"courtesan" but "single woman" - that is, a woman legally recognized as being under her own authority (kuria). The defensive adaptation of single women is reflected in Greek myth and social practice by their grouping into "packs", most famously the Daniads and Amazons"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index.
Call Number
KL4142 .S55 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781785708633 (paperback)
1785708635 (paperback)
9781785708640 (epub)
1785708635 (paperback)
9781785708640 (epub)
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