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The Grecian Gens
The same gentile plan — gens, phratry, tribe — found at the threshold of Greek written history, already decaying: father-right has replaced mother-right, property is inherited within the family, and the heroic-age constitution of council, agora, and basileus is turning into something new.
The Greek gens and its officesFrom mother-right to father-right in GreeceCouncil, agora, and basileusProperty beginning to crack the gentile order