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
M127 Rich tribesman might hold several κλῆροι.
_ 277 Od._ xiv. 211.
278 Cf. _Il._ xii. 421. περὶ ἴσης.
M128 The κλῆρος was the holding of the head of an οἶκος.
_ 279 Od._ xiv. 62.
_ 280 Od._ xiv. 211.
281 Wks. and Dys. 405. The next line which explains that the woman is to
be slave and _not_ a wife is evidently a later addition. Aristotle
did not know it, and interpreted γυνη as wife.
_ 282 Pol._ i. 2, 5-7.
283 I am indebted to Professor Ridgeway for the right meaning and
derivation of this word, which stands for ὁμόκηποι, having the α
long and not short as stated in Liddell and Scott’s Dictionary.
Another reading is ὁμόκαπνοι which would mean sharers of the smoke
or hearth.
284 Pindar, _Nem._ ix. 11.
M129 and supplied the maintenance the house.
_ 285 Œcon._ i. 2. μέρη δὲ οἰκίας ἄνθρωπός τε καὶ κτῆσίς ἐστιν. Pol. i.
4, 1. ἡ κτῆσις μέρος τῆς οἰκίας ἐστί.
_ 286 Od._ iv. 318.
_ 287 Od._ xiv. 158; xvii. 155; xx 230. ἴστω νῦν Ζεὺς πρῶτα θεῶν ξενίν τε
τράπεζα ἱστίν τ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος ἀμύμονος, ἥν ἀφικάνω.
M130 Force of the bond of food.
_ 288 Il._ vi. 230.
M131 The need of an established household strongly felt.
_ 289 Il._ xv. 497.
290 p. 75. Mr. Leaf mentions other countries where the father takes a
new name as father of his eldest son.
_ 291 Od._ iv. 754-7
οὐ γὰρ ὀίω
πάγχυ θεοῖς μακάρεσσι γονὴν Ἀρκεισιάδαο
ἔχθεσθ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι πού τις ἐπέσσεται, ὅς κεν ἔχῃσιν
δώματα θ᾽ ὑψερεφέα καὶ ἀπόπροθι πίονας ἀγρούς.
“Far away” implies width of sway and extent of influence; and the
protection of outlying properties would necessitate a great name and
a strong hand.
M132 Diversion of inheritance by death of heir a sore evil.
_ 292 Il._ v. 151 _et seq._
_ 293 Od._ vii. 150.
_ 294 Od._ xi. 184. _Cf._ xx. 336. ὄφρα σὺ μὲν (= Telemachos) χαίρων
πατρώια πάντα νέμηαι.
M133 Naboth’s vineyard bound to his family and heir.
295 1 Kings xxi 3.
296 Ezekiel xlvi. 16.
M134 The maintenance of the chiefs levied upon the people under the name
of gifts.
_ 297 Od._ i. 392.
298 βασιλεύς in Homer means “prince” and is applied to a class, not a
single chieftain. _Il._ xii. 319 of Sarpedon and Glaukos. _Il._ iv.
96 of Paris. _Od._ i. 394 of the Ithakans. _Od._ viii. 41 and 390 of
the Phaeakians. _Cf._
_ 299 Il._ xvii. 250.
_ 300 Il._ xxiv. 262.
_ 301 Od._ ii. 74.
_ 302 Od._ xiii. 13.
_ 303 Od_. xix. 195.
M135 The right to receive such “gifts” could be transferred to another.
_ 304 Il._ ix. 291. Cf. _Il._ ix. 483. Peleus enriched Phoinix, and gave
him much people (πολὺν λαόν) to be ἄναξ over.
_ 305 Od._ iv. 174.
M136 In India the chief of a town might receive the king’s supplies.
_ 306 Manu_, vii. 118.
307 vii. 123.
M137 The maintenance of the Great King,
308 Herod, i. 192.
_ 309 Ibid._
M138 and of Solomon.
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