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Intoxication in the Ancient Greek and Roman World
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2023
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Intoxication in the Ancient Greek and Roman World considers the psychotropic plants used in the ancient world and ancient attitudes towards intoxication. Alan Sumler surveys primary Greek and Roman sources for noteworthy mentions of ancient intoxicants like hellebore, mandrake, deadly nightshade, thorn apple, opium poppy, cannabis, wine, and other substances and reveals how psychoactive drugs were used in ancient Greek and Roman religion, medicine, magic, artistic inspiration, and recreation. Interpreted through the lens of modern-day scholarship from Classics, philosophy, and ethnobotany, the primary sources illuminate how commonplace psychotropic plants and drugs were in the ancient Greek and Roman world and—given different contexts for psychotropic drug usage—what attitudes these societies held about the appropriateness of intoxication.
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Edition
1/2023
Copyright Year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-2014-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-2015-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
162
Product Type
Monograph
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Mythological Drugs No access Pages 11 - 34
Philosophical Drugs No access Pages 35 - 54
Hellebore No access Pages 55 - 72
Mandrake No access Pages 73 - 94
Henbane, Hemlock, Opium, Darnel, Cannabis, Frankincense, and Myrrh No access Pages 95 - 120
Wine No access Pages 121 - 142
Other Settings of Intoxication and Modern Biotech Applications No access Pages 143 - 148
Bibliography No access Pages 149 - 156
Index No access Pages 157 - 160
About the Author No access Pages 161 - 162
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