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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 6
Consent in Greek and Roman marriage

A comparative note on the Achilles Tatius’ novel Leucippe and Clitophon (8.18.3–4)

 | Universidad de Alicante
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
Published online: 1 December 2023
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