Multiple choice general knowledge history

In ancient Greece, epilepsy was considered as a disease of divine nature passed to the mortals by the Gods

  1. True

  2. False

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Explanation

In ancient Greece, epilepsy was known as the 'Sacred Disease' (Hiera Noso). The Greeks, including Hippocrates, initially believed it was caused by divine intervention. This was a common supernatural explanation for diseases that weren't well understood at the time.