Birth, Death, and Motherhood in Classical Greece Andrei A. Lux A refreshing new perspective on

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Birth, Death, and Motherhood in Classical Greece Andrei A. Lux A refreshing new perspective onWhy did Greek society foster social conditions, especially early marriage with its attendant early childbearing, that were known to be dangerous for both mother and child? What were the actual causes of death among women described as dying of childbirth in the Hippocratic Epidemics? Why did families choose to portray labor scenes on tombstones when the Greek commemorative tradition otherwise avoided reference to suffering and illness? In Birth, Death,