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Ancient Greek Sexual Health: Wandering Wombs & Headless Beetles
FromBetwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Ancient Greek Sexual Health: Wandering Wombs & Headless Beetles
FromBetwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
If there’s one thing you’ll find out from this episode, it’s that the Ancient Greeks were better at philosophy than gynaecology.Struggling to conceive? You might be given a stuffed dead puppy to provoke fertility.Helping Kate make sense of Ancient Greek gynaecology today is Helen King, author of Hippocrates' Woman: Reading the Female Body in Ancient Greece.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?This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.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 https://historyhit/subscription/You can take part in our listener survey here.
Released:
Apr 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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