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Devac · 929 days ago · link · · parent · post: This miracle plant was eaten into extinction 2,000 years ago—or was it?
I'm not sure about that 3500BC, but it was certainly widely known and treasured. Here's a fun quote:
Pisthetærus
Hand me the cheese-grater; bring me the silphium for sauce; pass me the cheese and watch the coals.
Heracles
Mortal! we who greet you are three gods.
Pisthetærus
Wait a bit till I have prepared my silphium pickle.
From Birds by Aristophanes