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De Materia Medica
Pedanius Dioscorides
book · 1st century CE
Dioscorides, De Materia Medica.
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Myrrh is burned and also used as a medicine and in burial. Those jobs should be kept distinct.
from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE; Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Dioscorides and Pliny list myrrh among drugs. A pharmacological resin, not automatically a burial spice in every culture.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE; Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists oil from olives among drugs: a vehicle for ointments, a gut remedy, and a draught against poisons; cultivated olive leaves are entered as milder eye medicines. A first-century pharmacological use of the tree and its oil, not Athena’s civic gift and not a Pausanian wreath-offering.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Frankincense is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists frankincense (libanos/thus) among drugs: an astringent for ulcers and bloody wounds, mixed into medicines for the arteries and bowels, and taken as a drink for those who spit blood. A first-century pharmacological use of the resin, not Arabian incense-trade and not a temple offering.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists absinthion (wormwood) among drugs: a bitter Artemisia prepared as draughts and remedies. First-century pharmacological use of the plant, not Revelation’s star and not a cult calendar.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists silphium (laser / silphion) among drugs: a Cyrenaic plant prepared as remedies. First-century pharmacological use of the vanished fennel-like ware, not wormwood and not a cult calendar.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists barley (krithē) among drugs: ptisan, barley-water, and poultices. First-century pharmacological use of the grain, not a Vedic cake and not Demeter’s gift-talk.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists wheat (pyros) among cereal drugs: flour and related preparations used as remedies. First-century pharmacological use of the staple, not Demeter’s gift and not one wheat religion.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists cedar (kedros) and cedar-oil among drugs. First-century pharmacological use of the timber-tree, not Gilgamesh’s Cedar Forest and not Yggdrasil.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists coral among drugs: an astringent ware prepared as remedies. First-century pharmacological use of the growth, not a generic amulet and not a dye.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Hellenic religion