DNA Research Reveals A Strange Truth About Families In Ancient Greece

In casual discussions of the potential of time travel, a lot of us reveal our mischievous sides. We make silly suggestions like handing our cell phones to a Medieval peasant and attempting to explain the infinite scope of the Internet to them. What would they think if they saw a television, a games console, a shower, or any number of the contemporary creature comforts we take for granted? Well, without time-traveling jokers messing with them, we'll never know.
Silliness aside, though, today's science allows us to look into the past to an extent that people of the time could never have imagined. We can glean great insight not only about the rulers, nobles and famous of their day, but of the ordinary families, of the workers whose toil really kept the world moving.
One era that continues to capture history enthusiasts' imagination is that of ancient Greece. It was a time and place of philosophy, of great inventiveness, and of fearsome warriors. The city-state of Sparta, per History, trained boys to be formidable and fearless fighters from an early age, with brutal 'training' consisting of being forced to endure extreme weather and extreme discipline. As Plutarch put it, according to the outlet, "their boyish training was a practice of obedience."
What of ancient Greek families in general terms? Well, new DNA studies have discovered something surprising about the marriages of the time.
DNA Research Reveals A Strange Truth About Families In Ancient Greece