The Hamlet Project

Addicted seems a very modern word here in this context. Addiction seems like a modern construct even though surely, people have had addictions through the ages. Alcohol, drugs, etc are all very ancient and surely control over them hasn’t likely changed much for those early eras. But I can’t think of another instance of the word “addiction” in classical literature, which makes me wonder if a) addiction meant something different then than it does now or b) this is one of those words that Shakespeare coined.