The Dowry
object · 3 works · 3 mentions · 7 anchored passages
the dowry · the marriage-portion · a dowry · a talent · eighty minae · the eighty minae
in the texts
Against Aphobus I
The eighty-mina dowry given with the speaker's mother, received and retained by Aphobus.
that he received from Demophon and Therippides the money accruing from the sale of the slaves in part settlement of the marriage portion;
But in the event of his not marrying my mother the law declares that he owes me the amount of the dowry with interest at nine obols a month.
Furthermore, he received from Therippides and Demophon the proceeds of the sale of the slaves until he had made up the full amount of the marriage-portion, eighty minae.
Against Onetor II
The marriage-portion (dowry) Onetor claims to have paid on his sister's marriage to Aphobus, whose amount and payment are disputed throughout the speech.
Do you see that, while you pretend to have paid the dowry, you are shown not to have paid it in any way whatsoever?
He removes the pillars from the house, and declares that the marriage-portion was a talent only, which sum was guaranteed by a mortgage on the land.
For, when he declared that the dowry was eighty minae, if one had granted that he should recover that sum on condition of his swearing that this statement of his was true, what would he have done?
On The Estate of Aristarchus
The marriage-portion given with the speaker's mother, distinct from and much smaller than the family estate she was legally owed.
I, on the other hand, gentlemen, though my means are slender, bestowed my sisters in marriage, giving them what dowry I could;
My father received a dowry when he engaged himself to my mother and married her, but, while these men were enjoying the estate, he had no means of obtaining its restitution;