Abortion Rights Takeover: Silphium
Silphium was the miracle plant of ancient Greece and Rome. Among its many other uses, it may have functioned as a contraceptive--and an abortifacent.
Ancient History Fangirl · Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy
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Show Notes
This episode is part of our abortion rights takeover series. It was originally dropped on our Patreon.
It deals with the miracle plant of ancient Greece and Rome: Silphium. The people of Cyrene printed it on their money. It was considered a delicacy throughout the Greek and Roman world, as well as a powerful medicine that could be used to cure everything from baldness to epilepsy to poisonings.
And it may have even functioned as a contraceptive--and an abortifacent.
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