CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Epikleros, 2-Step Garage, Oral Contract
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Cla 219 women in antiquity: h schele. Daily lives of women and their legal status in greco-roman antiquity. Average life expectancy of males = 45 years: females = 35 years. Infant mortality rate high over a third of babies die (between 30-40% in 1st year) Look at tombstone inscriptions, skeleton analysis because no ancient data no death or birth registry. Most children die before age 10 (50%) Statistically couples try for kids 6x to see at least 2 children grow to adulthood. Text 249 (?) from textbook: ancient egypt, husband"s letter to wife, advises her to expose child if female (wife assumed possibly pregnant at the time) Sickly children, but especially the female ones, most often exposed: more desirable to have a male offspring than a female because they are costly (feed/raise them, dowry) Aristotle, politeia, law forbidding the raising of disabled children.
