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In "The Odyssey," how would remarrying have affected Penelope legally, politically, and socially? Could/Would an widow in Ithaca['s equivalent] refuse to remarry for practical, rather than principled/romantic, reasons?

by /u/edwardtaughtme in /r/AskHistorians

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