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World History Encyclopedia<p>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). <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/926/magic-in-ancient-greece/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/926/m</span><span class="invisible">agic-in-ancient-greece/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreekMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreekMedicine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreekReligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreekReligion</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreekScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreekScience</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>In the second year of the Peloponnesian War, 430 BCE, an outbreak of plague erupted in Athens. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/939/the-plague-at-athens-430-427-bce/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/939/t</span><span class="invisible">he-plague-at-athens-430-427-bce/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Athens" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Athens</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackDeath</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreekMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreekMedicine</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>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. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Trephination/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Trephination/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EgyptianMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EgyptianMedicine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreekMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreekMedicine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Medicine</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>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...<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/926/magic-in-ancient-greece/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/926/m</span><span class="invisible">agic-in-ancient-greece/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreekMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreekMedicine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreekReligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreekReligion</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreekScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreekScience</span></a></p>