In this episode we explore the medicine cabinet of the Ancient Greeks, whilst regaling you with fun facts and medical anecdotes. Plus we reveal why you definitely shouldn't go peony gathering with a woodpecker...

Our sources for this episode are:

- Cure Inscription 8, Stele 1 (from Epidaurus, mid-4th century BCE)

Cure Inscriptions from the Asclepieion of

Epidaurus

- Aristophanes, Wealth, lines 660-669

- Hippocrates, Regimen in Health, section 5

- Hippocrates, On the Nature of Women, section 3

If you'd like to find out more about Ancient Greek medicine, try these:

Medicine in

Greek mythology - Hektoen International (hekint.org)

 

Greek

anatomical votives - Google Search

 

Strange Beauty of

Ancient Anatomical Votives | DailyArt Magazine

 

The Four Humours of Ancient

Greek Medicine | Herbal Academy (theherbalacademy.com)

 

10

Little-known Natural Home Remedies from Ancient Greece (greekreporter.com)

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