Part of
The Reality of Women in the Universe of the Ancient NovelEdited 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
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.