Uxoricide in Pregnancy: Ancient Greek Domestic Violence in Evolutionary Perspective

Previous studies of ancient Greek examples of uxoricide in pregnancy have concluded that the theme is used to suggest tyrannical abuse of power and that the violence is a product of the patriarchal nature of ancient society. This article uses evolutionary analyses of violence during pregnancy to arg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Susan Deacy, Fiona McHardy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-12-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491301100505