CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Christian Symbolism, Married People, Athens

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Fabio Colivicchi

Document Summary

Women had important rites of passage (puberty, periods) As soon as they could bear children, they were betrothed to men. When i was seven, i carried the sacred symbols; then at 10 i was grinder of athene"s barley . There was a sanctuary dedicated to artemis at brauron (many statues of young girls found here; represent the different stages of age of the girls who attended the rites there) The bride is always given together with gifts, but the rules about these gifts can be very different. The bride is given to the house of the husband un order to ensure a succession. The dowry is not given to the husband, but remains a possession of the wife until it is passed to her sons (only sons could inherit property) The houses of the wife and the husband are now tied, there is a kinship between them, not just an alliance.