"Concerning a female orphan...
"Concerning a female orphan, they kept her with them and prevented her from marriage with the hope of marrying her when their wives died or made her marry one of their children wishing for her wealth and beauty..."[^2] The Greeks considered woman as an unqualified person who had no right to practise any lawful disposals.[^3] Even some Greek philosophers regarded the confinement of the name of woman inside the home like the imprisonment of her body.
Yosteen, the famous Greek orator said:"We take wives only to give birth to our legal children." "Concerning the Romans, the Roman woman was considered as a cheap property possessed by man.…
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