Category: History - Ancient
§ 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: Intr...
(M96) We know that the estate which descended from father to son, and was in theory inalienable from the family of its original possessors, was called a κλῆρος or “lot,” but the...
9. Chapter 9(M54) Such being the character of the burden of mutual responsibility borne by members of kindred blood, it remains, if possible, to obtain some idea of how this responsibility...
11. Chapter 11(M166) In weighing the results of this essay, it would be absurd to pretend that anything of the nature of a last word can be said on the subject. The process of the early devel...
8. Chapter 8(M22) As the hearth was the centre of the sanctity and reverence of the family, so the word οἶκος was the customary term to signify the smaller group of the composite γένος, con...
5. Chapter 5(M1) In trying to ascertain the course of social development among the Greeks, the inquirer is met by an initial difficulty. The Greeks were not one great people like the Israel...
7. Chapter 7(M16) In the next chapters frequent reference will be made to the offerings to ancestors, or _manes_, among the ancient Hindoos. With them the cake-offering to the dead became a...
4. Chapter 4These notes, brief as they are, owe more than can be told to my father’s researches into the structure and methods of the Tribal System. They owe their existence to his inspirat...
6. Chapter 6“at the gate of every room while offering to each of them thighs and heads of red cows, the value of seven vases; while offering blood extracted from the heart, the value of a h...
3. Chapter 3§ 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. §...
1. Chapter 1§ 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...
2. Chapter 2§ 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...