Aurélie Damet, historian: “In ancient Greece, a childless couple was a tragedy”. In classical Athens, the family is thought of as a space of intergenerational solidarity.
Legal kinship includes rights and duties, such as burying the dead, caring for the elderly, marrying off daughters who are heirs. Marriages between first cousins are therefore common. In Greek society you can marry your uncle, which for us is incest. The Greek family is therefore not only a place of tension but also love.