“On household management”

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“On household management” is the English rendering of the title of Xenophon’s Socratic dialogue *Oeconomicus*, a classical work on the management of the household and estate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Socratic dialogue
philosophical work
treatise
work of ancient Greek philosophy
author Xenophon
circulation read in antiquity as a practical manual
dateWritten 4th century BCE
discusses division of labor between husband and wife
management of agricultural property
training and education of a wife
virtues of a good household manager
genre dialogue
didactic literature
hasEnglishTranslation Household Management
Oeconomicus
The Economist
influenced Roman writers on agriculture and household management
later economic thought in antiquity
influencedBy Athenian social and economic practices
Socratic method
languageOfWork Ancient Greek
mainCharacter Critobulus
Ischomachus
Socrates
modernReception studied in classics
studied in gender studies of antiquity
studied in history of economic thought
originalTitle Oeconomicus
Οἰκονομικός
partOf corpus of Socratic writings by Xenophon
period Classical Greece
surface form: Classical period of ancient Greece
philosophicalTheme relationship between wealth and virtue
self‑control and moderation in economic life
use versus possession of wealth
philosophicalTradition Socratic philosophy
classical Greek ethics
setting Classical Athens
structure dialogue between Socrates and Critobulus
embedded narrative of Ischomachus
titleInEnglish “On household management” self-link
surface form: On household management
topic economics in the ancient Greek sense
estate management
gender roles in the household
household management
marriage roles
slavery and management of slaves
virtue and moral education

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Oeconomicus titleMeaning “On household management”
“On household management” titleInEnglish “On household management” self-link
subject surface form: On household management
this entity surface form: On household management