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The Chemical Muse: Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization (1st Edition) Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-312-35249-2 / 0312352492 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-35249-3 / 9780312352493 “The last wild frontier of classical studies.” ---The Times (UK)The Chemical Muse uncovers decades of misdirection and obfuscation to reveal the history of widespread drug use in Ancient Rome and Greece. In the city-states that gave birth to Western civilization, drugs were an everyday element of a |