Slave-Wives, Single Women and Bastards in the Ancient Greek World : Law and Economics Perspectives.

Front cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- In the Interests of Disclosure -- I. Overview and Summary of Main Conclusions -- II. Socioeconomic Foundation of the Pallakē Institution -- III. Pallakē-Wife as Privileged Slave: Central Texts -- IV. Constructing the Greek Wife: Legal Aspects -- V. Constructing the Greek-Wife: Ritual Aspects -- VI. "Wife" as a Multidimensional Status in Ancient Greece: Supplementary Evidence -- VII. "Wife" as a Multidimensional Status in Ancient Greece: Testimony of Euripides's Electra -- VIII. Path to Pallakia -- IX. Single Woman as Hetaira as Suppliant -- X. Wealth Transfers in the Greek Marriage Market with Emphasis on the Roles of Distance and Single Woman Status -- XI. Wealth Transfers in the Greek Marriage Market: The Spinning Hetaira -- XII. Companionship as an Adaptation to the Dangerous Life of the Single Woman -- XIII. Role of Cults in the Marriage of Single Women -- XIV: Hetaira as Textile Worker -- XV. Legal Status of Nothoi "Bastards" -- XVI. Share the Wealth? Not with (Foreigner) Nothoi -- XVII. Case Studies in Pallakia: Homer's Penelope as Pallakē -- XVIII. Case Studies in Pallakia: Hera as Zeus's Pallakē -- XIX: Case Studies in Pallakia: Classical Athens -- Summary of Main Findings and Problems for Future Research -- Bibliography -- Index of legal and economic terms.

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