For the Greeks magic (mageia or goeteia) was a wide-ranging topic which involved spells and evil prayers (epoidai), curse tablets (katadesmoi), enhancing drugs and deadly poisons (pharmaka), amulets (periapta) and powerful love potions (philtra). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/926/magic-in-ancient-greece/ #History #GreekMedicine #GreekReligion #GreekScience

In the second year of the Peloponnesian War, 430 BCE, an outbreak of plague erupted in Athens. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/939/the-plague-at-athens-430-427-bce/ #History #Athens #BlackDeath #GreekMedicine

Trephination (also known as trepanning or burr holing) is a surgical intervention where a hole is drilled, incised or scraped into the skull using simple surgical tools. https://www.worldhistory.org/Trephination/ #History #EgyptianMedicine #GreekMedicine #Medicine

For the Greeks magic (mageia or goeteia) was a wide-ranging topic which involved spells and evil prayers (epoidai), curse tablets (katadesmoi), enhancing drugs and deadly poisons (pharmaka), amulets (periapta) and powerful love potions (philtra). The modern separation of magic, superstition, religion, science, and astrology was not so clear in the ancient world. This mysterious, all-encompassin...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/926/magic-in-ancient-greece/ #GreekMedicine #GreekReligion #GreekScience