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[223] νυμφίου, cf. Od. 7.65ἄκουρον .. νυμφίον ἐν μεγάρωι, μίαν οἴην παῖδα λιπόντα”. We may conclude from this that a man was called “νύμφιος”, bridegroom, after his marriage until he had a son; until he had thus provided for the continuance of his house he retained the name which indicated that his marriage had not yet attained its fulness. That a father should thus be deprived of male descendants at the moment when he might reasonably expect them would naturally add to the poignancy of his grief.

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