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075 Pregnancy, Abortion, and Divorce
075 Pregnancy, Abortion, and Divorce
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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
May 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
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In this episode, we discuss the medical and philosophical writings on women’s bodies, particularly the Hippocratic Corpus and Aristotle, on the topics of menstruation, pregnancy, and the “wandering womb”; the various methods and techniques for contraception, abortion, and exposure; the legal procedure for divorces (usually due to childlessness and adultery); and the ways in which adulterers were punished in ancient Greece Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/05/075-pregnancy-abortion-and-divorce.html
Released:
May 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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