- 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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
- a
daughter may
become the
provisional beret of the property,
known as
epikleros (roughly
translated to an heiress). Later, it was
common for most of the...
