In:The Reality of Women in the Universe of the Ancient Novel
Edited by María Paz López Martínez, Carlos Sánchez-Moreno Ellart and Ana Belén Zaera García
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 40] 2023
► pp. 99–106
Chapter 6Consent in Greek and Roman marriage
A comparative note on the Achilles Tatius’ novel Leucippe and Clitophon (8.18.3–4)
Published online: 1 December 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.40.06cal
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.40.06cal
Abstract
The final mention in Achilles Thacius’ story “Leucippe
and Clitophon" of the paternal decision for the daughter to marry allows us
to compare nuptial consent in Greek and Roman law, as well as the different
legal consideration of the bride’s will in each of them.
Keywords: Greek marriage, Roman marriage, consent, engyesis, Greek novel, Achilles Tatius
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