House and Society in the Ancient Greek World (New Studies in Archaeology) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for House and Society in the Ancient Greek World A 1999 archaeological study of the nature of Greek households during the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 28 May 2001
- Format: Paperback 236 pages
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- Categories: Architecture | Sociology | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Archaeology | Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology
- ISBN 13: 9780521000253 ISBN 10: 0521000254
- Sales rank: 1,076,721
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Full description for House and Society in the Ancient Greek World
This 1999 book re-examines traditional assumptions about the nature of social relationships in Greek households during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Through detailed exploration of archaeological evidence from individual houses, Lisa Nevett identifies a recognisable concept of the citizen household as a social unit, and suggests that this was present in numerous Greek cities. She argues that in such households relations between men and women, traditionally perceived as dominating the domestic environment, should be placed within the wider context of domestic activity. Although gender was an important cultural factor which helped to shape the organisation of the house, this was balanced against other influences, notably the relationship between household members and outsiders. At the same time the role of the household in relation to the wider social structures of the polis, or city state, changed rapidly through time, with the house itself coming to represent an important symbol of personal prestige.
