Briseis in the Chora? The Mother's Role in the Marriage Documents from Greco-Roman Egypt

The presence of the mother in some marriage contracts in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt raises the question of whether her presence implies that she has recovered a role that she had played in historical periods prior to the formation of the polis or whether, on the contrary, it is a characteristic of...

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Main Author: Carlos Sánchez-Moreno Ellart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2023-04-01
Series:Athens Journal of History
Online Access:https://www.athensjournals.gr/history/2023-9-2-3-Ellart.pdf