The Chemical Muse: Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization (repost)
The Chemical Muse: Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization By D. C.A. Hillman Ph.D.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books 2008 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0312352492 | PDF | 1 MB
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books 2008 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0312352492 | PDF | 1 MB
“The last wild frontier of classical studies.” –-The Times (UK)
The Chemical Muse uncovers decades of misdirection and obfuscation to reveal the history of widespread drug use in Ancient Rome and Greece. In the city-states that gave birth to Western civilization, drugs were an everyday element of a free society. Often they were not just available, but vitally necessary for use in medicine, religious ceremonies, and war campaigns. Their proponents and users existed in all classes, from the common soldier to the emperor himself.