Brief History of the Condition of Women: In Various Ages and Nations, Volume 2C. S. Francis, 1845 - 298 pages |
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... In order to prevent assignations , Solon enacted that no wife , or matron , should go from home with more than three garments , or a basket longer than one cubit , or more food than could be purchased 2 GRECIAN WOMEN .
... In order to prevent assignations , Solon enacted that no wife , or matron , should go from home with more than three garments , or a basket longer than one cubit , or more food than could be purchased 2 GRECIAN WOMEN .
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... wife , concerning his wish that she should absent herself from the wedding of her daughter Iphigenia : Agamemnon . " Without more reasonings , my demands obey ! Clytemnestra . " By Juno , that o'er Argos bears the sway , " Sooner would ...
... wife , concerning his wish that she should absent herself from the wedding of her daughter Iphigenia : Agamemnon . " Without more reasonings , my demands obey ! Clytemnestra . " By Juno , that o'er Argos bears the sway , " Sooner would ...
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... wife of Phocion was a model of prudence , simplicity , and domestic virtue . When one of the actors , who was to represent a queen , demanded a more pompous retinue , Melan- thius , who was at the charge of the exhibition , said ...
... wife of Phocion was a model of prudence , simplicity , and domestic virtue . When one of the actors , who was to represent a queen , demanded a more pompous retinue , Melan- thius , who was at the charge of the exhibition , said ...
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... wife . Euripides is said to have imbibed a dislike to the whole sex by having two wives at once , who made his house a perpetual scene of dis- sension . It was allowable for a man to marry his sister by the father's side ; but not by ...
... wife . Euripides is said to have imbibed a dislike to the whole sex by having two wives at once , who made his house a perpetual scene of dis- sension . It was allowable for a man to marry his sister by the father's side ; but not by ...
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... wife of Socrates . : In the primitive ages women were purchased by their husbands , and received no dowry from relations ; but with the progress of civilization and wealth this custom disappeared , and wives were respected in proportion ...
... wife of Socrates . : In the primitive ages women were purchased by their husbands , and received no dowry from relations ; but with the progress of civilization and wealth this custom disappeared , and wives were respected in proportion ...
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