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Introduction 1
1 Fatherless antiquity? Perspectives on "fatherlessness" in the ancient Mediterranean Sabine R. Hubner Hubner, Sabine R. David M. Ratzan Ratzan, David M. 3
Pt. I Coping with Demographic Realities 29
2 The demographic background Walter Scheidel Scheidel, Walter 31
3 Oedipal complexities Mark Golden Golden, Mark 41
4 Callirhoe's dilemma: remarriage and stepfathers in the Greco-Roman East Sabine R. Hubner Hubner, Sabine R. 61
5 "Without father, without mother, without genealogy": fatherlessness in the Old and New Testaments Marcus Sigismund Sigismund, Marcus 83
Pt. II Virtual Fatherlessness 103
6 Bastardy and fatherlessness in ancient Greece Daniel Ogden Ogden, Daniel 105
7 Fatherlessness and formal identification in Roman Egypt Myrto Malouta Malouta, Myrto 120
Pt. III Roles without Models 139
8 Diomedes, the fatherless hero of the Iliad Louise Pratt Pratt, Louise 141
9 Sons (and daughters) without fathers: fatherlessness in the Homeric epics Georg Wohrle Wohrle, Georg 162
10 Absent Roman fathers in the writings of their daughters: Cornelia and Sulpicia Judith P. Hallett Hallett, Judith P. 175
Pt. IV Rhetoric of Loss 193
11 The disadvantages and advantages of being fatherless: the case of Sulla Sabine Muller Muller, Sabine 195
12 An imperial family man: Augustus as surrogate father to Marcus Antonius' children Ann-Cathrin Harders Harders, Ann-Cathrin 217
13 Cui parens non erat maximus quisque vetustissimus pro parente: paternal surrogates in imperial Roman literature Neil W. Bernstein Bernstein, Neil W. 241
14 The education of orphans: a reassessment ofthe evidence of Libanius Raffaella Cribiore Cribiore, Raffaella 257
15 "Woe to those making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless": Christian ideals and the obligations of stepfathers in late antiquity Geoffrey Nathan Nathan, Geoffrey 273
Bibliography 293
Index 326
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