heiress of her father because she had no living brothers to inherit (an epikleros), the woman was not required to divorce her current spouse in order to... 95 KB (11,895 words) - 19:19, 15 April 2024 |
Zelophehad's daughters: Pinchas and Masei Numbers Tanakh Hebrew Bible Epikleros: comparable custom in Ancient Greek society Numbers 26:33 27:3, Joshua... 18 KB (2,375 words) - 17:04, 9 December 2023 |
of Sparta, who married his half-niece Gorgo. A Greek woman who became epikleros, or heiress with no brothers, was obliged to marry her father's nearest... 145 KB (17,197 words) - 12:14, 27 April 2024 |
adultery, her husband was legally required to divorce her. A married epikleros would be divorced so she could marry her nearest relative. Hearing that... 64 KB (7,717 words) - 20:12, 14 March 2024 |
a daughter may become the provisional beret of the property, known as epikleros (roughly translated to an heiress). Later, it was common for most of the... 30 KB (3,573 words) - 16:52, 1 April 2024 |
Ephesia ("The Woman From Ephesus") Epidaurios ("The Man From Epidaurus") Epikleros ("The Heiress") Euploia ("A Pleasant Voyage") Euthydikos Halieuomene ("Woman... 6 KB (504 words) - 11:09, 12 March 2024 |
mother of Pericles and Ariphron. W. K. Lacey felt that Agariste was an epikleros, or sole heiress who was required to have children to perpetuate her father's... 4 KB (514 words) - 05:55, 9 July 2023 |
Ekpomatopoios ("The Cup-Maker") Epidaurios ("The Man From Epidaurus") Epikleros ("The Heiress") Epistole ("The Letter") Epitropos ("The Guardian", or... 10 KB (1,121 words) - 21:12, 27 February 2024 |
Ambracia Epigram of Amazaspos Epigrams (Homer) Epigrams (Plato) Epihipparch Epikleros Epiktetos Epilaus Epilogism Epimachus of Athens Epimeliad Epimenides Epimetheus... 151 KB (13,173 words) - 02:57, 23 April 2024 |
law that obliges the oldest male relative to marry an orphaned heiress (epikleros). This is devastating news to Chaireas, who is in love with the girl and... 9 KB (981 words) - 06:15, 20 January 2023 |