| In the ancient Greek society, marriage was | | | | groom wear a crown or garland to mark the |
| regarded as an auspicious relationship. | | | | occasion. The actual transfer of the bride |
| Marriage was very important to carry family | | | | from father to groom takes place at night |
| chain. In the Greek culture, every | | | | after the bridal banquet. After the great |
| respectable woman became a wife if she could. | | | | feast the procession in a chariot takes place |
| In marriage, there was hardly room for | | | | from the home of the bride to the home of the |
| choice. Destiny played an important role in | | | | groom. Bride stands in the cart as her |
| solemnizing marriage. Woman had no alternate | | | | husband mounts it in preparation for their |
| than marriage. The sacred wedding rituals | | | | journey. Families follow the chariot by foot |
| were interwoven by the various ceremonies. | | | | bearing gifts. Bride's mother carries the |
| These ceremonies had ritual meaning and | | | | torch in the journey at night to light the |
| overlapping rites. There is great evidence | | | | way. Bride eats an apple as a part of the |
| for these formalities, both literary and | | | | incorporation rites which demonstrates her |
| artistic, which helps to provide a complete | | | | new union with her husband. Fruits and nuts |
| account of Greek customs. Offerings, | | | | are showered on the couple which acts as |
| dedications and sacrifices were made by the | | | | agents of fertility and prosperity. One day |
| bride and the groom. Marriage consisted of a | | | | the after the marriage, an outdoor procession |
| private contract where woman was transferred | | | | of people is held. It is called the Epaulia. |
| to her husband. Marriage consisted of | | | | It is an outdoor procession of people who |
| transfer and transformation. Transformation | | | | brings gifts. Gifts generally include vases |
| means actually giving the responsibility of | | | | filled with greenery, baskets, pots, |
| the woman. Many things pointed towards her | | | | furniture, jewelry and combs. Athenian |
| transformation like cutting of hair and | | | | marriage is relationship between a man and a |
| offering them to virgin deities. Presenting | | | | woman who had the primary goal of producing |
| the hair locks to the goddess often signifies | | | | children and maintaining the identity of the |
| the attainment of womanhood. Greek society | | | | social and political community. In ancient |
| stresses upon the marriage of a girl at the | | | | Sparta, the ceremony was very simple. After a |
| age of fourteen. Boys are found eligible at | | | | tussle, to prove his superior strength, the |
| the age of thirty after they have served | | | | groom would toss his bride over his shoulder |
| military force. Girls are obliged to marry | | | | and carried her off. Slaves in the ancient |
| where their father wants. Various types of | | | | Greek culture cannot marry because marriage |
| rituals are followed in the marriage | | | | was considered only for the privileged class. |
| ceremony. Both the bride and groom take bath | | | | Any children which were born from their |
| in the holy spring. On the wedding day, girl | | | | masters were disposed off because the slaves |
| is dressed in the traditional attire. She is | | | | have no right to rear children |
| taken in veil to the banquet hall. She is | | | | |
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