Theozotides on adopted sons (Lysias Fr. 6)

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Niall W Slater, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Sabinet
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: 1993 Sabinet
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC127920
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 81
• End Page: 85
• Keywords: Theozotides; ceremony; sons; ideology; abuse; war orphans; Dionysia; Greece; adoption
• Research Categories: History, Ancient

Abstract

Theozotides' proposal to exclude adopted sons from the ceremony honoring war orphans at the City Dionysia is not grounded in ideology but is much more likely to be motivated by real or potential abuse of the city's benefits through unique features of Greek adoptions.