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Karen Klaibe Hersch: A Cultural History Of Marriage In Antiquity [2023] paperback ARTAZ Lloyd ultimately redefines our understandingMarriage, across cultures, is often defined as a union between consenting adults that lasts for the life of the partners. But is marriage a blessing, or curse? Does marriage represent the union of two hearts, or was it a necessary evil? Did matrimony bring a person a helpmeet for life, or was it a societally approved state entered into to improve one's social standing and produce legitimate heirs? The authors of this volume show that the peoples of