the marriage-portion
“dowry”
idea · 4 works · 4 mentions · 7 anchored passages
dowry · marriage portion · dowry of forty minae · her portion · marriage-portion · the dowry
spoken of as
2 expressionsdowry“marriage portion”2 mentions
Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera (Greek) · On the Estate of Dicaeogenes (Greek)
Stephanus could say nothing in defense of his action, but he requested Epaenetus to make a contribution toward a dowry for Neaera’s daughter, making mention of his own poverty and the misfortune which the girl had formerly met with in her relations with Phrastor, and asserting that he had lost her marriage portion and could not provide another for her.
Marriage portion1 mention
Against Evergus and Mnesibulus (Greek)
but they carried off the furniture from the rest of the house, although my wife forbade them to touch it, and declared that it was her property, mortgaged to secure her marriage portion;
in the texts
Against Evergus and Mnesibulus
The wife's dowry interest allegedly secured by the furniture being seized.
but they carried off the furniture from the rest of the house, although my wife forbade them to touch it, and declared that it was her property, mortgaged to secure her marriage portion;
Against Onetor I
The sum of money constituting the bride's dowry, whose alleged payment and later recovery lies at the heart of Onetor's justification for the mortgage.
He did, however, give him his sister, but the portion, Timocrates, who had been her former husband, agreed to keep as a loan with interest at the rate of five obols.
From the very first, you see, it is admitted that the dowry was not paid to Aphobus, and that he did not get it under his control.
It must be for the reason which I have mentioned—that they did not trust Aphobus enough to pay him the dowry.
Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera
The marriage portion given to a bride, whose provision (or lack thereof) for citizen daughters is repeatedly invoked, from Phano's contested dowry to the closing argument about poor citizens' daughters losing marriage prospects if the case is decided wrongly.
Stephanus could say nothing in defense of his action, but he requested Epaenetus to make a contribution toward a dowry for Neaera’s daughter, making mention of his own poverty and the misfortune which the girl had formerly met with in her relations with Phrastor, and asserting that he had lost her marriage portion and could not provide another for her.
Epaenetus shall give to Phano one thousand drachmae toward her marriage portion, inasmuch as he has frequently enjoyed her favors;
The arbitrators, after hearing both parties, brought about a reconciliation between them, and induced Epaenetus to contribute one thousand drachmae toward the marriage portion of Neaera’s daughter.
On the Estate of Dicaeogenes
The Athenian institution of the marriage dowry, illustrated by the forty-mina dowry Dicaeogenes (II.) settled on his sister when she married Protarchides, paid in the form of a house rather than cash.
) gave his sister in marriage to Protarchides of Potamos with a dowry of forty minae, but instead of paying the dowry to her in cash he made over to Protarchides the house which he possessed in the Cerameicus.