El IOikos kwiGrisi yakudala Yayiyindlu njengeseti yeempahla kunye nabantu. Kwidolophu-ithi i-Oikos yayiyinto "esisiseko" yoluntu. Intloko yee-Oikos yayiqhele ukuba yindoda, indala, yenziwe lusapho, ipropathi, bonke abasebenzi, kunye namakhoboka. Ukuyiqhuba kwakuqhuba ifama ngokubanzi kwaye kugcina usapho lunye.
Xa Oikos zazinkulu kwaye zibalulekile, zazineefama ezazisebenza ikakhulu ngamakhoboka kwaye zaba "yiyunithi yezolimo esisiseko."
Yayiyunithi yezoqoqosho nezentlalo ezimeleyo (Ulawulo oluzenzekelayo ukusuka kwisiGrike, abo banako ukuzimela, abo bavelisa yonke into ngokwaneleyo ukwanelisa iimfuno ezisisiseko).
Ubomi bonke bosapho bujikeleze ii-Oikos, apho zonke iimfuno ziyaneliseka, zonke izinto zamalungu, kodwa nentlalo, ukhuseleko, isimilo, uxanduva, nayo yonke into enxulumene noothixo, njl.
U-Aristotle uchaza i-Oikos ngokuthi "luluntu ngokwendalo olwenzelwe ukwanelisa ubudenge bemihla ngemihla."
I-Xenophon ichaze i-Oikos njengendlu njengendawo yokuhlala kwaye i-Oikia ayiquki kuphela indlu kodwa kunye neepropathi.
Kumthetho waseAthene ukwahlula phakathi kweengcinga uOikia no-Oikos.
Kwinkulungwane yesi-XNUMX BC, ababhali abahlukeneyo bamaGrikhi bachaza umxholo ka-Oikos kwaye “bajonga uhlobo lwee-Oikos ngepolisi; ungquzulwano phakathi kwaba babini lwaphathwa kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga yamaGrike. Umdla ophikisanayo nee-Oikos ne-polis, ukhokelele ekwehleni koluntu ”.