conjoined twins in antiquity: reality or part of the mythology?

نویسندگان

konstantinos laios history of medicine department, medical school, university of athens, athens, greece

kostas markatos 2nd orthopaedics department, medical school, university of athens, athens, greece

georgios skarpas history of medicine department, medical school, university of athens, athens, greece

gregory tsoucalas history of medicine department, medical school, university of athens, athens, greece

چکیده

conjoined twins, was a known type of birth in antiquity. it was mentioned in manuscripts and depicted in terracotta figurines and vase paintings. such findings were discovered in a variety of territories. religion, local cult, and simple iconography of a known phenomenon create a debate among scholars to annotate their discovery. gods and goddesses, magic figurines, sacred marriage, a binary hypostasis, or just conjoined twins?

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research on history of medicine

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