CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - News, Komos, Lysimache
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Cannot pass on property to illegitimate children (out of wedlock) Amount of property (land, coins, etc. ) that is legally attached to the girl. Bigger the dowry, the more suitors you will have. Different from the bride price (paid by the suitors) Property doesn"t go to husband, but is connected to the girl. Ensures that when marries, she will not be an expense to his household. Husband administers money but required by law to use it to support wife and later their children. Bride taken from parents home to groom"s home. From that point on , she becomes part of his oikos. Includes all the property he owns and all the people under his guardianship (slaves, children, his mother if father dead, unmarried sisters if father dead, wife) Job when go to oikos is to manage affairs of household of husband. Why women literate and numerate, because running households. Ultimate decisions made by man but women manages day to day.