Proof of Consummation of Marriage in Menander Rhetor

Craig A Gibson

doi:10.54563/eugesta.141

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Proof of Consummation of Marriage in Menander Rhetor

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Proof of Consummation of Marriage in Menander Rhetor

Craig A Gibson

Eugesta revue sur le genre dans l'Antiquité ; journal on gender studies in Antiquity, Vol.11, pp.179-188

2021

DOI: 10.54563/eugesta.141

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Abstract

A passage in Menander Rhetor's instructions for the bedroom speech implies that visible postcoital proof of the new bride’s loss of virginity was exhibited before witnesses on the day after the wedding. This may be the earliest literary evidence for this practice in the ancient Greek-speaking world.

Classics

Ancient or Classical History

virginity

marriage ritual

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Title: Subtitle: Proof of Consummation of Marriage in Menander Rhetor
Creators: Craig A Gibson (Author) - University of Iowa, Classics
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Eugesta revue sur le genre dans l'Antiquité ; journal on gender studies in Antiquity, Vol.11, pp.179-188
DOI: 10.54563/eugesta.141
ISSN: 2265-8777
Language: English
Date published: 2021
Academic Unit: Classics
Record Identifier: 9984382960202771

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