Dangerous gifts: Ideologies of marriage and exchange in ancient Greece

Classical Antiquity

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-134

  Lyons, Deborah ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449907007     PISSN: 02786656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ca.2003.22.1.93     Document Type: Article

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