Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 272
y until they were thirty-five. At Sparta the usual age formen to marry was thirty, and for women twenty. Marriage between partiesof near consanguinity was not allowed, or at least was generally viewed as im-proper and scandalous. The Athenians, however, were allowed to marry sistersby the same… … 220 GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES. 1. Adulery v/as punished, and in some cases with severity. Although polygamywas not generally allowed, concubinage was permitted without restraint. ConcubinesrraWaKiSes) were usually captives or purchased slaves. Prostitution was exceedinglycommon, and favored even by the…
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