Hippocratic Lives and Legends (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 4) (English and Greek and Latin Edition)

Author: Pinault, Jody Rubin

Brand: Brill

Number Of Pages: 159

EAN: 9789004095748

Release Date: 01-03-1992

Package Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English, Greek, Latin

Binding: hardcover

Details: Hippocratic Lives and Legends examines the ideal of the ancient physician and processes of biographical fiction that shaped the legend of Hippocrates. Focusing on three stories in particular -- how Hippocrates cured the plague, Hippocrates' detection of King Perdiccas' lovesickness, and Hippocrates' refusal to serve Artaxerxes, King of Persia -- J.R. Pinault traces the development of these legends from their Hellenistic origins to the end of antiquity and into the Islamic world. In addition, Hippocrates Lives and Legends will prove a useful reference work. J.R. Pinault brings together in a convenient format the classical biographies of Hippocrates and the principal Arabic lives, translated here for the first time. Each text is discussed in detail, and the Greek and Latin texts of the classical lives are made available in the appendices.