The Concept of Oikos in Antiquity

Introduction

José Morales

To study the ancient world it is necessary to study in depth some concepts that marked the behavior of human beings in their social or political relationships. One of these fundamental concepts is that of oikos, from the Greek οἶκος, the equivalent of the term “house” in Ancient Greece, but which has other much broader and more important meanings in the ancient world, of which we can trace its trace back to the dawn of the contemporary age.

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