Brother-Sister Marriage in Roman Egypt
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Vol. 22 (3) , 303-354
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500009385
Abstract
A Favourable Horoscope: ‘If a son is born when the Sun is in the terms of Mercury, he will be successful and have great power … He will be brave and tall and will acquire property and moreover will be married to his own sister and will have children by her.’Keywords
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