A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families. Provides up-to-date research on family structure from archaeology, art, social, cultural, and economic history Includes contributions from established and rising international scholars Features illustrations of families, children, slaves, and ritual life, along with maps and diagrams of sites and dwellingsHonorable Mention for 2011 Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences PROSE award granted by the Association of American Publishers

希腊和罗马世界的家庭伴侣》借鉴了既有的和当前的学术成果，对该领域进行了广泛的概述，参与了当代辩论，并对家庭研究的未来发展提出了激励性问题。提供了来自考古学、艺术、社会、文化和经济史的关于家庭结构的最新研究 包括来自知名和新兴国际学者的贡献 提供了关于家庭、儿童、奴隶和仪式生活的插图，以及遗址和住宅的地图和图表 美国出版商协会授予的2011年单卷参考资料/人文和社会科学PROSE奖的荣誉提名