---
name: Greek
period_ancient: -480 - -323
period_modern: 330 - 1453
locations: Greece, Mediterranean
---

# Greek

> **1/1 Grail**: [Greek Grail (#1630)](../../grails/greek.md)

## Cultural Context

**Figures Associated:**
- Pythia (the Oracle of Delphi); regarded as Apollo's mouthpiece, she delivered prophecies influencing major Greek decisions. Selected from local women, the Pythia underwent purification rituals and possibly chewed laurel leaves to enter trance states.

**Events Associated / Significant Cultural Impact:**
1. Ritual and Religious Drug Use in Ancient Greece; the Eleusinian Mysteries featured kykeon, a beverage speculated to contain ergot — a barley fungus with alkaloids related to LSD. Psychoactive substances including opium and cannabis were used since the Neolithic period for medicinal and ritual purposes.

**Fashion Icons / Symbolism:** Greek Gods & Goddesses, laurel wreaths, Doric columns, meander patterns


## Drug Connections

**Modern:** [Poppers](../../traits/overlays/molecules/poppers.md), [Scopolamine](../../traits/overlays/molecules/scopolamine.md), [Shroom Tea](../../traits/overlays/molecules/shroom-tea.md), [Sertraline](../../traits/overlays/molecules/sertraline.md)

**Ancient:** [Kykeon](../../traits/overlays/molecules/kykeon.md), [Nymphaea Caerulea](../../traits/overlays/molecules/nymphaea-caerulea.md), [Henbane](../../traits/overlays/molecules/henbane.md), [St John's Wort](../../traits/overlays/molecules/st-johns-wort.md), [Mandrake](../../traits/overlays/molecules/mandrake.md)

## Sources

- https://www.hellenic.org.au/post/ritual-religious-drug-use-in-ancient-greece
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythia

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## Miberas with this Ancestor

[#0001](../../miberas/0001.md) • [#0016](../../miberas/0016.md) • [#0025](../../miberas/0025.md) • [#0026](../../miberas/0026.md) • [#0031](../../miberas/0031.md) • [#0046](../../miberas/0046.md) • [#0056](../../miberas/0056.md) • [#0085](../../miberas/0085.md) • [#0096](../../miberas/0096.md) • [#0101](../../miberas/0101.md) • [#0128](../../miberas/0128.md) • [#0142](../../miberas/0142.md) • [#0153](../../miberas/0153.md) • [#0162](../../miberas/0162.md) • [#0166](../../miberas/0166.md) • [#0180](../../miberas/0180.md) • [#0202](../../miberas/0202.md) • [#0236](../../miberas/0236.md) • [#0291](../../miberas/0291.md) • [#0318](../../miberas/0318.md) • [#0321](../../miberas/0321.md) • [#0333](../../miberas/0333.md) • [#0338](../../miberas/0338.md) • [#0360](../../miberas/0360.md) • [#0362](../../miberas/0362.md) • [#0368](../../miberas/0368.md) • [#0373](../../miberas/0373.md) • [#0375](../../miberas/0375.md) • [#0380](../../miberas/0380.md) • [#0381](../../miberas/0381.md) • [#0391](../../miberas/0391.md) • [#0403](../../miberas/0403.md) • [#0413](../../miberas/0413.md) • [#0422](../../miberas/0422.md) • [#0423](../../miberas/0423.md) • [#0435](../../miberas/0435.md) • [#0449](../../miberas/0449.md) • [#0460](../../miberas/0460.md) • [#0509](../../miberas/0509.md) • [#0532](../../miberas/0532.md) • [#0550](../../miberas/0550.md) • [#0552](../../miberas/0552.md) • [#0595](../../miberas/0595.md) • [#0630](../../miberas/0630.md) • [#0643](../../miberas/0643.md) • [#0672](../../miberas/0672.md) • [#0675](../../miberas/0675.md) • [#0682](../../miberas/0682.md) • [#0685](../../miberas/0685.md) • [#0718](../../miberas/0718.md) • ... and 535 more

*585 Miberas total*
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