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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 8, 2001, relating to the
financial statements of The MONY Group Inc. which appear in The MONY Group
Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
May 23, 2001