On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society

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Hugh E. Seebohm. On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society

On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society

Table of Contents

Chapter II. The Meaning Of The Bond Of Kinship

§ 1. The Duty Of Maintenance Of Parents During Life, And After Death At Their Tomb

§ 2. The Duty Of Providing Male Succession

§ 3. The Position Of The Widow Without Child And The Duties Of An Only Daughter

§ 4. Succession Through A Married Daughter: Growth Of Adoption: Introduction Of New Member To Kinsmen

§ 5. The Liability For Bloodshed

Chapter III. The Extent Of The Bond Of Kinship

§ 1. Degrees Of Blood-Relationship; The Ἀγχιστεία

§ 2. Limitations In Respect Of Succession Outside The Direct Line Of Descent

§ 3. Division Amongst Heirs

§ 4. Qualifications For The Recognition Of Tribal Blood

§ 5. Limitations Of Liability For Bloodshed

Chapter IV. The Relation Of The Family To The Land

§ 1. The Κλῆρος And Its Form

§ 2. The Relation Of The Κλῆρος To The Οἶκος

§ 3. The Householder In India: The Guest

§ 4. Tenure Of Land In Homer: The Κλῆρος And The Τέμενος

§ 5. Early Evidence continued: The Κλῆρος And The Maintenance Of The οἶκος

§ 6. Early Evidence continued: The Τέμενος And The Maintenance Of The Chieftain

§ 7. Summary Of The Early Evidence

§ 8. Hesiod And His Κλήρος

§ 9. Survivals Of Family Land In Later Times

§ 10. The Idea Of Family Land Applied Also To Leasehold And Semi-Servile Tenure

Chapter V. Conclusion

Index

Footnotes

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Hugh E. Seebohm

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A certain leniency was however allowed to the heiress who was unwilling to marry an obnoxious kinsman, and to the kinsman who had counterclaims upon him in his own house. Nevertheless the rules remained very strict. Isaeus states emphatically,59 “Often have men been compelled by law to give up their properly wedded wives, owing to their becoming ἐπίκληροι through the death of their brother to their father's property and having to marry the next of kin (τοῖς ἐγγυτάτα γένους),” to prevent the extinction of their father's house.

Manu warns those about to marry to be careful that their children shall not be required to continue their wives' father's family, to the desolation of their own.

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