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Hymen
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Definition:In Greek mythology the son of Aphrodite and Bacchus. He is the god of marriage.---Hymen is supposed to attend every wedding. If he did not, then the marriage would supposedly prove disastrous, so the Greeks would run about calling his name aloud. He presided over many of the weddings in Greek mythology, for all the deities and their children.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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And thirty dozen moons with borrow'd sheen
About the world have times twelve thirties been,
Since love our hearts, and Hymen did our hands,
Unite commutual in most sacred bands.
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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I am a man of the educated class, with money, but if you look at me from a point of view, what am I? A man with no kith and kin, no better than some Polish priest. And therefore I should be very desirous to be united in the bonds of Hymen—that is, to enter into matrimony with some worthy person."Anton Chekhov. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories.
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she was now engaged in substituting for her green kid gloves a pair of white. The Aged was likewise occupied in preparing a similar sacrifice for the altar of Hymen.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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