Classical Studies 3310F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kyrios
2 Feb 2017
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The second form of marriage in athens: the kind of marriage is ratified by the court. Means with the property : she is the woman that goes with the property. If a man dies and only had daughters: no heir for his oikos. Daughters or granddaughters could be epikleroi: granddaughters through sons that have passed or from the daughters. The epikleros does not own the property. Both are claimed together by an epidikasia before the eponymous archon by the deceased"s nearest living male relation in the ankhisteis and the oldest in the nearest category: ankhisteis. Near relatives: the girl"s unmarried uncle would be the first in line to marry her. If the girl and the uncle were already married to other people they would have to divorce their partners to marry each other. If the uncle does not want to marry her then the next in line would marry her. If she had a son nothing is really known.
