Oikos
Ancient Greek word for the family unit
Oikos (Ancient Greek: οἶκος Ancient Greek pronunciation: [ôi̯.kos]; pl.: οἶκοι) was, in Ancient Greece, two related but distinct concepts: the family and the family's house. Its meaning shifted even within texts. The oikos was the basic unit of society in most Greek city-states. For regular Attic usage within the context of families, the oikos referred to a line of descent from father to son from generation to generation. Alternatively, as Aristotle used it in his Politics, the term was sometimes used to refer to everybody living in a given house. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oikos
Oikos (Ancient Greek: οἶκος Ancient Greek pronunciation: [ôi̯.kos]; pl.: οἶκοι) was, in Ancient Greece, two related but distinct concepts: the family and the family's house. Its meaning shifted even within texts. The oikos was the basic unit of society in most Greek city-states. For regular Attic usage within the context of families, the oikos referred to a line of descent from father to son from generation to generation. Alternatively, as Aristotle used it in his Politics, the term was sometimes used to refer to everybody living in a given house.
