On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An EssaySeebohm, Hugh E. (Hugh Exton)
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On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay
Seebohm, Hugh E. (Hugh Exton)
Greece -- History; Greece -- Law -- Antiquities; Greece -- Social life and customs; Land tenure -- Greece; Tribes
148 In Dem. _c. Leochar._ 1088. ἀνεψιαδοῦς is used to denote the
relationship of a man to the adopted son of his great-uncle, or, as
we should say, first cousin once removed.
M70 No ἀγχιστεία beyond great-grandsons.
_ 149 c. Makart._ 1053.
M71 The heir always ranked as _son_.
150 Dem. _c. Makart._ and _c. Leoch._ 1100, &c.
M72 Hence the limit of the inheritance at cousin’s children.
M73 Disinheritance must be sanctioned by kinsmen.
151 The wife’s kin are no kin to her husband, but _are_ to her son.
152 Plato, _Laws_, 929 c. Trans. Jowett.
M74 The case of the estate of Hagnias in Isaeus and Demosthenes.
153 Dem. _c. Makart._ 1058.
_ 154 Id._ 1070.
155 Mentioned in Dem. _c. Makart._ 1056.
M75 Equal division amongst heirs of the same grade.
M76 The share of a dead son taken by his children.
_ 156 Supra_, p. 56.
M77 If sons all dead, grandsons probably divided _per capita_,
M78 as in the case of nephews and cousins.
_ 157 c. Makart._ 1068, _supra_, p. 26.
M79 Purity of tribal blood jealously guarded.
M80 In Wales, privileges attained in the fourth generation by
intermarriages.
_ 158 Welsh Laws_, iv. i. and x. vii. Exception is made for the _son of a
stranger chieftain_.
_ 159 Welsh Laws_, v. ii. and _Vened. Code_, ii. xvi. and elsewhere.
M81 Otherwise not until the tenth generation.
_ 160 Welsh Laws_, v. ii.
_ 161 Welsh Laws_, xiii. ii.
_ 162 Venedotian Code_, ii. xiv. and _Gwentian Code_, ii. xxx. _Cf._ the
Shunammite’s _cry unto the King_ for restoration of her house and
fields after an absence of seven years. 2 Kings viii. 3.
M82 The same rule amongst the Israelites.
M83 Shorter time in special cases.
163 Gen. xlviii. 5. _Cf._ Pindar, _Ol._ viii. 46. Troy to be subdued by
children of Aeacus in first and fourth generations.
M84 The privilege of citizenship jealously guarded at Athens.
164 Dem. _in Neaer._ 1376.
_ 165 Anc. Inscrip._ Brit. Mus. ccxxxviii. Citizenship had to be
confirmed on son of foreigner admitted to citizenship.
M85 Abhorrence of alien blood.
M86 Citizenship only conferred as the highest honour.
M87 Qualification dependent on ancestry and status of family.
_ 166 Ath. Pol._ lv. 3.
_ 167 Cf._ Pollux, viii. 85: εἰ Ἀθηναῖοί εἰσιν ἑκατερωθεν ἐκ τριγονίας.
_ 168 Cf._ Aristot. _Pol._ iii. 2: ὁρίζονται δὲ πρὸς τὴν χρῆσιν πολίτην
τὸν ἔξ ἀμφοτέρων πολιτῶν καὶ μὴ θατέρου μόνον, οἷον πατρὸς ἢ μητρός,
οἳ δὲ καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐπὶ πλέον ζητοῦσιν, οἷον ἐπὶ πάππους δύο ἢ τρεῖς ἢ
πλείους.
M88 Fourth generation acquired new privilege or status.
_ 169 Oed. Tyr._ 742 and 1063 quoted by Hearn, _Aryan Household_, p.
206.
θάρσει; σὺ μὲν γὰρ οὐδ᾽ ἐὰν τρίτης ἐγὼ
μητρὸς φανῶ τρίδουλος, ἐκφανεῖ κακή ...
_Cf._ Demosth. 1327. πονηρὸς ἐκ τριγονίας.
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