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As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient. While academics and politicians alike singled out the conspicuous and growing absence of the modern father as a crucial factor affecting contemporary family and social dynamics, ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihood that nearly a third of all children in the ancient Mediterranean world were fatherless before they turned fifteen. The proportion of children raised by single mothers, relatives, step-parents, or others was thus at least as high in antiquity as it is today. This book assesses the wide-ranging impact high levels of chronic father-absence had on the cultures, politics, and families of the ancient world.

Civilization, Ancient --- Civilization, Greco-Roman --- Fatherless families --- Fathers in literature. --- Families, Fatherless --- Father-separated children --- Fatherless family --- Matrifocal families --- Single-parent families --- Greco-Roman civilization --- Civilization, Classical --- Ancient civilization --- Social aspects. --- History --- Arts and Humanities

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Children of single parents --- Fatherhood --- Fatherless families --- Fathers --- Paternal deprivation --- 316.356.2 <73> --- Deprivation, Paternal --- Father-separated children --- Parental deprivation --- Families, Fatherless --- Fatherless family --- Matrifocal families --- Single-parent families --- Children of single fathers --- Children of single mothers --- Single parents' children --- Single parents --- Children of divorced parents --- 316.356.2 <73> Gezinssociologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Gezinssociologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- United States --- Social conditions. --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- United States of America