Egyptian men were allowed to take multiple wives, while the woman was seen as belonging exclusively to one man. However, Egyptian women were allowed to remarry and divorce, while Athenian women were not allowed to do so. (Brown 2010,) Another aspect of marriage, especially for royal families, was intermarriage between brothers and father-daughter pairs. This would avoid power struggles and wars between family members and ensure the continuation of the royal line. Marriage was seen more as a transaction between families or family members in both Athenian and Egyptian cultures. (Robins