"The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 2)
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The Fractory in Greek Mythology
The fractory in the Greek context was made up of various brothers gens who can be seen in Greek literature as primarily military arrangements. In Attica where four tribes each consisted of three fractories each fractory numbering 30 gents such a rounded symmetry of group presupposes conscious, purposeful interference with the naturally developed order. As to how, when and why this occurred Greek history is silent. The historical memory of the Greeks only went back to the heroic age as the Greeks were crowded together in a relatively small territory.
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