Familiarity breeds: Incest and the ptolemaic dynasty

Journal of Hellenic Studies

Volumn 125, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-34

  Ager, Sheila L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGYPT; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTORY; INCEST; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CONSANGUINITY; EGYPT; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; INCEST; MARRIAGE; ROMAN WORLD; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 43249180261     PISSN: 00754269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0075426900007084     Document Type: Article

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