The origin of genos in hellenic society

Authors

  • Mihkail V. Sychov independent researcher, 4 Kavaliova Street, Samahvalavichy 223013, Belarus

Keywords:

Ancient Greece, clan, phila, phratry, Attica

Abstract

Hellenic aristocrats were divided into genes in Classical and Archaic times. It is often written in historiography, that genes had been existing since prehistoric times. This opinion is based on L. G. Morgan’s conception. But the analysis of written and archaeological sources of VIII century BC shows the following. Genes had existed only as сoncept of succession of ancestors till VIII century BC, but not as unification of people of the same generation. And exactly in VIII century BC, when the economy changed from pastoral to agricultural, the situation changed and genes became social reality.

Author Biography

  • Mihkail V. Sychov, independent researcher, 4 Kavaliova Street, Samahvalavichy 223013, Belarus

    master of science (history)

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Published

2018-07-27

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No. 3 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

Section

World History

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Sychov, M.V. 2018. The origin of genos in hellenic society. Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 3 (Jul. 2018), 72–77.