Phratry - Wikipedia The term "phratry" itself is quite similar to a number of words for "brother" in languages derived from Indo-European which makes it more plausible that institutions named phratries emerged independently in Attica (where Athens is) and Ionia
What is Phratry? | Anthroholic A phratry is a social group, often kinship-based, in traditional societies It consists of several clans or tribes that share common ancestry or mythology
Phratry | social groups | Britannica The segmentary structures, or phratries—essentially groups of clans that share a mythical ancestor—characteristically use brother-brother and father-son links to represent what were once in fact relatively unstable political alliances