Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Beryl Rawson is Professor Emerita and Adjunct Professor in Classics at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. She is the author of The Politics of Friendship: Pompey and Cicero (1978) and Children and Childhood in Roman Italy (2003), and the editor of The Family in Ancient Rome: New Perspectives (1986), Marriage, Divorce and Children in Ancient Rome (1991), and The Roman Family in Italy (with Paul Weaver, 1997).

"A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds is a stimulating and valuable resource for the future of classical scholarship." (Reference Reviews, 2011)

• List of Illustrations viiiList of Tables xiNotes on Contributors xiiAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction: Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds 1Beryl RawsonPart I Houses and Households 131 Family and Household, Ancient History and Archeology: A Case Study from Roman Egypt 15Lisa Nevett 2 Space and Social Relationships in the Greek Oikos of the Classical and Hellenistic Periods 32Monika Trümper3 Space and Social Relations in the Roman West 53Jens-Arne Dickmann4 Household Composition in the Ancient Mediterranean – What Do We Really Know? 73Sabine R. Huebner5 The Royal Families of Argead Macedon and the Hellenistic World 92Daniel Ogden6 Monogamy and Polygyny 108Walter Scheidel7 The Roman Family as Productive Unit 116Richard Saller8 The Families of Roman Slaves and Freedmen 129Henrik Mouritsen9 Foreign Families in Roman Italy 145David Noy10 Soldiers' Families in the Early Roman Empire 161Penelope Allison11 The Household as a Venue for Religious Conversion: The Case of Christianity 183Kate Cooper12 What We Do and Don't Know About Early Christian Families 198Carolyn OsiekPart II Kinship, Marriage, Parents, And Children 21513 Consubstantiality, Incest, and Kinship in Ancient Greece 217Jérôme Wilgaux14 Marriage in Ancient Athens 231Cheryl A. Cox15 From Ceremonial to Sexualities: A Survey of Scholarship on Roman Marriage 245Suzanne Dixon16 Other People's Children 262Mark Golden17 The Roman Life Course and the Family 276Tim Parkin18 Childbirth and Infancy in Greek and Roman Antiquity 291Véronique Dasen19 Grieving for Lost Children, Pagan and Christian 315Christian LaesPart III the Legal Side 33120 Greek Law and the Family 333Eva Cantarella21 Adoption and Heirship in Greece and Rome 346Hugh Lindsay22 Roman "Horror" of Intestacy? 361Jane F. Gardner23 Promoting pietas through Roman Law 377Judith Evans GrubbsPart IV City and Country 39324 Greek Cities and Families 395Sara Saba25 A Walk with the Dead: A Funerary Cityscape of Ancient Rome 408Christopher Johanson26 The Family and the Roman Countryside 431Stephen L. DysonPart V Ritual, Commemoration, Values 44527 Families and Religion in Classical Greece 447Janett E. Morgan28 Picturing Greek Families 465Ada Cohen29 Celebrating the Saturnalia: Religious Ritual and Roman Domestic Life 488Fanny Dolansky30 Ethos: The Socialization of Children in Education and Beyond 504Teresa Morgan31 Picturing the Roman Family 521Janet Huskinson32 Devotional Visuality in Family Funerary Monuments in the Roman World 542Janet H. TullochGlossary 564References 567Index 624