13.Coins from Cyrene, in what is now Libya, carry the familiar emblem, representing silphium, a now-extinct plant used as a cooking spice, perfume, aphrodisiac, and… contraceptive.
14.Among his drinks of choice are whisky, cognac, and snake wine, an aphrodisiac “which comes with a dead cobra in the bottle” according to one source.
15.Potatoes were actually introduced to Europe as an aphrodisiac, but it turns out that you have to distill those potatoes into vodka before they have the desired effect.