interesting re. the "common practice" to have a non-athenian wife. fits w/other evidence that archaic/early classical athenians... (1/2)
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(2/2) ...were outbreeders (i.e. avoided marriage to cousins/other close family members):https://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/there-and-back-again-shame-and-guilt-in-ancient-greece/ …
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@hbdchick Do you have any ideas how Ancient Greeks managed to escape Malthusian trap? (more successfully than most others anyway). -
@akarlin88 no. i'm afraid i haven't got a clue. sorry. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (they certainly had infanticide, but i don't think more than other pops. ?)
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