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Epigamia
Epigamia magna. Photo: (c) Saskia Raether, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
In ancient Athens “epigamia” (Ancient Greek: ἐπιγαμία) designated the legal right to contract a marriage. In particular it regulated the right of intermarrying into another city-state. In the period of Athenian democracy, such intermarriage was not allowed, and only a decree of the popular assembly could permit it. Even resident aliens (metoeci) did not have the right to marry Athenians.
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