Depictions of Marriage in Greek Myth

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This paper first discusses real-life, Ancient Greek marriage rituals and Greek attitudes towards marriage in order to demonstrate how many of the aspects of marriage in Greek myth paralleled aspects of marriage in real life. The paper then discusses three different Greek works and compares each one's depiction of marriage.

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"Indeed, many of the things we see in Greek myths happened in real life as well. For example, the Greek girls usually married quite young, around the age of 14, which was meant to ensure that the girl was a virgin and pure in mind and body. "Marriage to a family member was an acceptable alternative and occasionally encouraged in order to consolidate family wealth" - if we look at many of the marriages between gods (taking only this example), we will notice that many of them were affiliated. Remember, for example, that almost all of the Olympian Gods were in some way related, most of them being brothers and sisters, and that many of them were married, like Zeus and Hera, for example."

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