A Note on Adoption and Deme Registration

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  • Edward M. Harris City University of New York

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15661/tyche.1996.011.09

Schlagworte:

Adoption, Athen

Abstract

The Athenian law of adoption allowed a man who had no (...) children to adopt
a son to serve as his [...]. As part of the process of adoplion the adopted son
was entered on the deme register of his adoptive father . After the process was completed, the adopted son lost all rights of inheritance in his natural family.

Autor/innen-Biografie

Edward M. Harris, City University of New York

Dept. of Classics
Brooklyn College
City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY 11210
U.S.A.

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2016-05-23

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Bd. 11 (1996)

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