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grbs-5911	Perlman, Paula	Plato Laws 833C-834D and the Bears of Brauron	1983	16	.pdf	application/pdf	8660	454	71	What evidence we have suggests that Athenian girls married as young as age fourteen, although men of learning agreed that a later age, in accord with Spartan custom, was preferable.12 Because the Arkteia at Brauron was a penteteric celebration,13 re­ strictions limiting the participants' age would need to span at least four years in order that every girl have the opportunity to take part before her marriage. The age and ritual service of the kanephoros are problematic.46 That Aristophanes did have a specific ritual in mind is indicated by iuxuOOJv op/-W80<;.47 What it was remains uncertain, but it seems likely that the service took place between acting the bear at the Brauronian Arkteia and the girl's marriage.48 Recognition of two age groups in the nude and clothed figures on the krateriskoi accords well with known Greek practice, for athletic and choral competition was frequently by age group.	cache/grbs-5911.pdf	txt/grbs-5911.txt