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The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Note 385:1 — BOOK VI.

Charles Duke Yonge translation

We know little more of the gynæconomi, or γυναικόκοσμοι as they were also called, than what is derived from this passage. It appears probable that they existed from the time of Solon; though the duties here attributed to them may not have formed a part of their original business. Vide Smith, Dict. Ant. in voc.

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