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The Kyrios
- Kyrios= man of the house (husband)
- responsible for earning the money and keeping the family fed
- might have a farm outside the city
- would oversea cultivation and supervise slaves
- may provide food for family and could sell food for profit
- Some engaged in trades like pottery and carpentry
- responsible for promoting the name of his family in public life
- speaking in the assembly
- hosting a good dinner party
- move up social and political heiracrhy giving family benefits
- had full responsibility over all family members and property
- had final say on matters such as whether a new born child should live and whom a daughter should marry
- a patriachal society- like elizabethan england where fathers could decide who a daughter married