“But a man could not give his daughter in marriage to whomever he liked, nor could one [who] bought a girl take her away without giving security that he would in fact make her his wife. And if the couple could not agree, it was a law that the money be returned.” Well, this is a really odd thing. In fact, Herodotus summarize this by saying, “This … was their best custom.” Well, now, what is odd about this is that this has no information based upon the ancient sources that we have. Did Herodotus make