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in the household; dies gave full force to the maternal bond u. machte womenrather than men the center o f the fam ily. N ach dem change stand sie alleinim household ihres husband, isolated from her gentile kindred. U nderthe prosperous classes her condition o f enforced seclusion u. als primary objectder marriage to beget children in lawful wedlock. (TzaiSoTzoieiG&a.i yvTqcrico^).V o n A nfan g bis E n d unter d. G riechen a principle o f studied selfishnessam ong the males, tending to lessen the appreciation o f w om en, scarcelyfound among savages. T h e usages o f centuries stamped upon the minds o fGrecian w om en a sense o f their inferiority. [Aber d. Verhältnis d.Göttinnen im Olymp zeigt Rückerinnerg an frühere freiere u. einflussreicherePosition der W eiber. D ie Juno herrschsüchtig, die W eisheit— G öttin springt54 aus K o p f d. Zeus etc] Es w ar vielleicht ... dieser Racenöthig, um aus Syndyasmian in M onogam ian System herüberzukommen.G reeks blieben barbarians in their treatment o f the female sex at the heighto f their civilization; their education superficial, intercourse w ith theopposite sex denied them, their inferiority inculcated as a principle uponthem, until it came to be accepted as a fa c t by the women themselves. D . w ife notcom panion equal to her husband, but in the relation o f a daughter.See Becker: Charicles.D a d. m oving pow er w hich brought in m onogam y was - the grow th o fproperty and the desire for its transmission to children - legitimate heirs; theactual progeny o f the married pair - in the Upper Status o f Barbarism sprangup - als protection gegen d. survival o f some portion o f the ancient ju raconjugalia - the new usage: the seclusion o f wives; plan o f life am ong the17 civilized G reeks - a system o f female confinement and restraint.Roman fam ily:M aterfamilias was mistress o f the fam ily; w ent into the streets freelyohne restraint by her husband, frequented w ith the men the theatersand festive banquets; in the house not confined to particular appartments,nor excluded from the table o f the men. Rom an females dahermehr personal dignity u. independence als griechische; aber marriagegave them in manum viri; w ar = daughter des husband; he had thepow er o f correction u. o f life u. death in case o f adultery (mit concurrenceo f the council o f her gens).Confarreatioy coemptio, usus^h alle 3 Form en d. röm. Ehe, gaben Frauin manus d. Mannes, fell out under the Em pire w hen free marriagegenerally adopted, not placing the w ife in manus d. Mannes.Divorce vo n frühster Period, at the option o f the parties, (whsclichtransmitted v. Syndyasmian fam ily Period), selten in R epublik (Becker:Gallus).Licentiousness - so auffallend in Grecian and Rom an cities at the heighto f civilization - in all probability remains o f an ancient conjugal system,never fully eradicated, had follow ed dow n from barbarism as a socialtaint u. now expressed its excesses in the new channel o f hetaerism.56D . Monogamian fam ily entsprach Aryan (Sem itic, Uralian) system o f consan-121