Ancient Greek Sexual Health: Wandering Wombs & Headless Beetles

<p>If there’s one thing you’ll find out from this episode, it’s that the Ancient Greeks were better at philosophy than gynaecology.</p><br><p>Struggling to conceive? You might be given a stuffed dead puppy to provoke fertility.</p><br><p>Helping Kate make sense of Ancient Greek gynaecology today is Helen King, author of <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Hippocrates-Woman-Reading-the-Female-Body-in-Ancient-Greece/King/p/book/9780415138956" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Hippocrates' Woman: Reading the Female Body in Ancient Greece</em></a>.</p><br><p>What questions will a visit to an Ancient Greek doctor be like? How would you stop your womb from wandering? And how would your body temperature help define your gender?</p><br><p>This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.</p><br><p>Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 per month for 3 months with code BETWIXT sign up at <a href="https://historyhit/subscription/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://historyhit/subscription/</a></p><br><p>You can take part in our listener survey <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>