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Did people of ancient Greece practise polygamy?

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Some did but it was rather rare. There are a lot of cases of famous people who left/divorced their wives to be with another woman (e.g, Pericles). If polygamy was accepted they would have just married another. read more

The ancient Greek marriage celebration consisted of a three part ceremony which lasted three days: the proaulia, which was the pre-wedding ceremony, the gamos, which was the actual wedding, and the epaulia, which was the post-wedding ceremony. read more

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