A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families. Provides up-to-date research on family structure from archaeology, art, social, cultural, and economic history. Includes contributions from established and rising international scholars. Features illustrations of families, children, slaves, and ritual life, along with maps and diagrams of sites and dwellings.

Table of Contents

• List of Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds Beryl Rawson
• PART I HOUSES AND HOUSEHOLDS
• 1 Family and Household, Ancient History and Archeology: A Case Study from Roman Egypt Lisa Nevett
• 2 Space and Social Relationships in the Greek Oikos of the Classical and Hellenistic Periods Monika Trümper
• 3 Space and Social Relations in the Roman West Jens-Arne Dickmann
• 4 Household Composition in the Ancient Mediterranean – What Do We Really Know? Sabine R. Huebner
• 5 The Royal Families of Argead Macedon and the Hellenistic World Daniel Ogden
• 6 Monogamy and Polygyny Walter Scheidel
• 7 The Roman Family as Productive Unit Richard Saller
• 8 The Families of Roman Slaves and Freedmen Henrik Mouritsen
• 9 Foreign Families in Roman Italy David Noy
• 10 Soldiers’ Families in the Early Roman Empire Penelope Allison
• 11 The Household as a Venue for Religious Conversion: The Case of Christianity Kate Cooper
• 12 What We Do and Don’t Know About Early Christian Families Carolyn Osiek
• PART II KINSHIP, MARRIAGE, PARENTS, AND CHILDREN
• 13 Consubstantiality, Incest, and Kinship in Ancient Greece Jérôme Wilgaux
• 14 Marriage in Ancient Athens Cheryl A. Cox
• 15 From Ceremonial to Sexualities: A Survey of Scholarship on Roman Marriage Suzanne Dixon
• 16 Other People’s Children Mark Golden
• 17 The Roman Life Course and the Family Tim Parkin
• 18 Childbirth and Infancy in Greek and Roman Antiquity Véronique Dasen
• 19 Grieving for Lost Children, Pagan and Christian Christian Laes
• PART III THE LEGAL SIDE
• 20 Greek Law and the Family Eva Cantarella
• 21 Adoption and Heirship in Greece and Rome Hugh Lindsay
• 22 Roman “Horror” of Intestacy? Jane F. Gardner
• 23 Promoting pietas through Roman Law Judith Evans Grubbs
• PART IV CITY AND COUNTRY
• 24 Greek Cities and Families Sara Saba
• 25 A Walk with the Dead: A Funerary Cityscape of Ancient Rome Christopher Johanson
• 26 The Family and the Roman Countryside Stephen L. Dyson
• PART V RITUAL, COMMEMORATION, VALUES
• 27 Families and Religion in Classical Greece Janett E. Morgan
• 28 Picturing Greek Families Ada Cohen
• 29 Celebrating the Saturnalia: Religious Ritual and Roman Domestic Life Fanny Dolansky
• 30 Ethos: The Socialization of Children in Education and Beyond Teresa Morgan
• 31 Picturing the Roman Family Janet Huskinson
• 32 Devotional Visuality in Family Funerary Monuments in the Roman World Janet H. Tulloch
• Glossary
• References