Greek Bastardy in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods

Sperm and machismo in Sparta, the belief that it is possible to have two biological fathers, and "womb strife" between half-siblings - these are among the fascinating insights about Greek attitudes towards sex and society revealed in this first full length study of illegitimacy in the Greek world. Disciples of Foucault, and a wide range of social historians - from scholars of Athenian law to women in antiquity - should all find this of prime interest and importance.