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.
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.
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.
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.
For the fellow, men of the jury, when he first determined to lay claim to the property of Aphobus, declared that he had paid as the marriage-portion, not a talent, as he now alleges, but eighty minae;
from these facts alone it is clear that he has never paid the dowry, but as a close friend of Aphobus he took this mortgage in return for my large property, wishing to make his sister jointly with Aphobus an inheritor of my estate.
Do you see that, while you pretend to have paid the dowry, you are shown not to have paid it in any way whatsoever?
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.
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;
I, on the other hand, gentlemen, though my means are slender, bestowed my sisters in marriage, giving them what dowry I could;