The Nurse in Greek Life

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Sister Mary Rosaria. The Nurse in Greek Life

The Nurse in Greek Life

Table of Contents

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. TERMS USED FOR NURSE

CHAPTER II. SOCIAL STATUS OF THE NURSE

From Homer to Herodotus

In Tragedy

In Athens

Foreign Nurses

CHAPTER III. THE NURSE AND THE FAMILY

DUTIES TO THE CHILD

Bathing

Swaddling Clothes

Food

The Child in the Nurse’s Arms

Cradles

Amusements Furnished by the Nurse

General Care Over Children

The Nurse and the Grown Daughter

The Nurse and the Grown Son

The Nurse in the Household

General Characteristics of the Nurse

CHAPTER IV. NURSERY TALES AND LULLABIES

LULLABIES

CHAPTER V. MONUMENTS TO THE NURSE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. Texts of Sources

II. Secondary Authorities

VITA

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Sister Mary Rosaria

Published by Good Press, 2021

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δεσπόσυνον, καί κ’ ἔργα διδασκήσαιμι γυναῖκας.[28]

Still, she is not the slave of the people for whom she works, and is promised such compensation (θρεπτήρια) for her services as would make her an object of envy to the women of the household.[29]

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