KSENOPHON’UN OIKONOMIKOS ADLI ESERİNDE EVLİLİK VE KADINA YAKLAŞIM (The Approach of Xenophon Towards Woman And Marrıage In The Oeconomıcus)
Journal Title: Archivum Anatolicum-Anadolu Arsivleri - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
The base of the smallest unit of the antique Greek community, the oikos (house) was marriage. Men were mainly occupied with politics, army or agriculture, whereas women lived within the boundaries of the oikos. The main duty of the women, as a part of the continuity of the oikos through marriage, was to give birth and sustain the community through new generations. This attitude to the women based on breeding has drawn the framework of the institution of marriage and the family life. However the political and economic changes in the Greek community at the 4th century BC affected the oikos by increasing the effectiveness of the women and made them the main actor of house management. In this century an increasing interest is observed on the literary works about the management of oikos, marriage relationships and women. The most important one among such works, Ksenephon’s “Oikonomikos” has distinguished women from the role of breeding to the most important actor in the oikos with all their duties and responsibilities. Attributing women with the production within the oikos, Ksenephon defined marriage as the sole relationship that affected the development of oikos. In this paper the dialog between Iskhomakhos and his wife (Oec.. VII-X) that appreciates the value of marriage within oikos in Ksenophon’s work Oikonomikos, will be dealt with in detail and the attitude of the author towards women through marriage will be tried to be made clear. In this it is aimed to show the author’s interactivity with his age g literary legacies on this subject whether it exists.
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Esra Yalazı, Sultan Deniz Küçüker
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