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- to marry the epikleros went to the eldest one. The property that was inherited could also be in debt, which would not affect the epikleros' status. Although...
- 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...
- respectively married to their kinsmen, the nearest having the first choice (see Epikleros). In fact the heiress, together with her inheritance, belonged to the...
- Charondas is said to have commanded that if the nearest relative of an epikleros (something close to an heiress) did not wish to marry her, he was required...
- Epangellomenos ("The Man Making Promises") Ephesios ("The Man From Ephesus") Epikleros ("The Heiress") Eunouchos ("The Eunuch") Georgos ("The Farmer") Halieis...
- Zelophehad's daughters: Pinchas and Masei Numbers Tanakh Hebrew Bible Epikleros: comparable custom in Ancient Gr**** society Numbers 26:33 27:3, Joshua...
- of Sparta, who married his half-niece Gorgo. A Gr**** woman who became epikleros, or heiress with no brothers, was obliged to marry her father's nearest...
- Ephesia ("The Woman From Ephesus") Epidaurios ("The Man From Epidaurus") Epikleros ("The Heiress") Euploia ("A Pleasant Voyage") Euthydikos Halieuomene ("Woman...
- adultery, her husband was legally required to divorce her. A married epikleros would be divorced so she could marry her nearest relative. Hearing that...
- Ekpomatopoios ("The Cup-Maker") Epidaurios ("The Man From Epidaurus") Epikleros ("The Heiress") Epistole ("The Letter") Epitropos ("The Guardian", or...