Marriage customs and modes of courtship of the various nations of the universe. With remarks on the condition of women, Penn's maxims, and counsel to the single and married, &c, &c / by Theophilus Moore, esq.

  • Theophilus Moore
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1820
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    one hundred drachms; one that enticed a free woman twenty, or, as some say, two bundseds it being thought a greater crime to corrupt the} mind; he that forced a free virgin must pay one. thousand or marry her, Plutarch tells us, that, any person, detecting his sister er daughter in this crime, might sell her for a slave. Adul-| tresses were never after permitted to adorn or, dress themselves finely; for, in case they so ap-| peared in public, any one might disrobe and beat’ them, but not soas to cause death; they also underwent the same punishment if they entered any of the temples; a husband was not allowed. to cohabit with his wife after her detection, under pain of ignominy; but persons who prostituted) women were punished with death. The Greeks! did not think so hardly of concubinage, as we find it was generally practised among then; yet] it appears that concubines and_harlots were| mostly foreigners. % _ There was a law among the Athenians, that none but men should practice midwifery, it be. ing forbidden to women and slaves, until a fre woman, having disguised herself in man’s apy rel, after practising the art for some time, amd _ from her extensive practice exciting the je