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Seduction is a popular motif in [[history]] and [[fiction]], both as a warning of the social [[consequences]] of engaging in the [[behavior]] or becoming its [[victim]], and as a salute to a [[powerful]] [[skill]]. In the [[Bible]], [[Eve]] offers the forbidden fruit to [[Adam]]. Eve is not explicitly depicted as a seductress, but some extra-Biblical [[commentary]] and [[art]] promote this [[viewpoint]]. Eve herself was verbally seduced by the serpent, [[understood]] in [[Christianity]] to be [[Satan]]; the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirens Sirens of Greek myth] lured sailors to their [[death]] by [[singing]] them to shipwreck; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra Cleopatra] beguiled both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Julius Caesar] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Antony Marc Antony], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus] was the [[Greek]] [[God]] of ''Seduction'' and wine, and Persian queen Scheherazade saved herself from [[execution]] by [[story]]-telling. Famous [[male]] seducers, their [[names]] synonymous with [[sexual]] allure, range from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji Genji] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond James Bond].

Seduction is a popular motif in [[history]] and [[fiction]], both as a warning of the social [[consequences]] of engaging in the [[behavior]] or becoming its [[victim]], and as a salute to a [[powerful]] [[skill]]. In the [[Bible]], [[Eve]] offers the forbidden fruit to [[Adam]]. Eve is not explicitly depicted as a seductress, but some extra-Biblical [[commentary]] and [[art]] promote this [[viewpoint]]. Eve herself was verbally seduced by the serpent, [[understood]] in [[Christianity]] to be [[Satan]]; the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirens Sirens of Greek myth] lured sailors to their [[death]] by [[singing]] them to shipwreck; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra Cleopatra] beguiled both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Julius Caesar] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Antony Marc Antony], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus] was the [[Greek]] [[God]] of ''Seduction'' and wine, and Persian queen Scheherazade saved herself from [[execution]] by [[story]]-telling. Famous [[male]] seducers, their [[names]] synonymous with [[sexual]] allure, range from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji Genji] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond James Bond].

In biblical times, because unmarried [[females]] who lost their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity virginity] had also lost much of their [[value]] as [[marriage]] prospects, the [[Old Testament]] [[Book of Exodus]] specifies that the seducer must marry his [[victim]] or pay her [[father]] to [[compensate]] him for his loss of the [[marriage]] [[Money|price]]: "And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.22]

In biblical times, because unmarried [[females]] who lost their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity virginity] had also lost much of their [[value]] as [[marriage]] prospects, the [[Old Testament]] [[Book of Exodus]] specifies that the seducer must marry his [[victim]] or pay her [[father]] to [[compensate]] him for his loss of the [[marriage]] [[Money|price]]: "And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.22]

[[English]] common [[law]] defined the [[crime]] of seduction as a felony committed "when a [[male]] [[person]] induced an unmarried [[female]] of previously chaste [[character]] to engage in an [[act]] of [[sexual intercourse]] on a [[promise]] of [[marriage]]." A [[father]] had the [[right]] to [[maintain]] an [[action]] for the seduction of his daughter (or the enticement of a son who left [[home]]), since this deprived him of [[services]] or [[Money|earnings]].

[[English]] common [[law]] defined the [[crime]] of seduction as a felony committed "when a [[male]] [[person]] induced an unmarried [[female]] of previously chaste [[character]] to engage in an [[act]] of [[sexual intercourse]] on a [[promise]] of [[marriage]]." A [[father]] had the [[right]] to [[maintain]] an [[action]] for the seduction of his daughter (or the enticement of a son who left [[home]]), since this deprived him of [[services]] or [[Money|earnings]].