It is called [sleepover] since it is then for the first time that the bride sleeps over in the house of the groom. Activities on the day after the one on which the wedding is held are also called 'sleepover', from the fact that the gifts from the father of the bride are carried to the groom and the bride in the form of a parade. For a boy leads the way, holding a white cloak and a lit lamp, then after him a basket-bearer, then the remaining [sc. womenfolk] follow in order carrying gold things, basins, ointments, litters, combs, couches, alabaster jars, sandals, chests, perfume jars. Sometimes they also carry the dowry to the groom at the same time. But some say that the second day after the wedding is called 'sleepover': the day on which the bride first sleeps over with the groom.
But a 'sleeping-place' e)pau/lion [is] an apartment.[1] Concerning Hekale, after she has died: "go, gentle one among women, along the road which spirit-vexing griefs do not traverse. Often we will mention, mother, your hospitable hut, for it was a sleeping-place for all in common."[2]