Greek Bastardy in the Classical and Hellenic Periods

by Daniel Ogden

In the ancient Greek world bastards were often marginal, their affinities being with the female, the alien, the servile, the poor, and the sick. This book reviews the major evidence from Athens, Sparta, Gortyn, and Hellenistic Egypt, as well as collating and analyzing fragmentary evidence from the other Greek states. Dr. Ogden shows how attitudes towards legitimacy differed across the various city states, and analyzes their developments across time...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198150199
• ISBN13: 9780198150190
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.8"