Hippocratic Lives and Legends (Studies in Ancient Medicine, Vol 4)

hippocratic lives and legends (studies in ancient medicine, vol 4)

more information about Hippocratic Lives and Legends (Studies in Ancient Medicine, Vol 4)

Hippocratic Lives and Legends (Studies in Ancient Medicine, Vol 4)

Editorial Reviews
Book Description
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.

Language Notes
Text: English, Greek, Latin (translation)
Original Language: Arabic, Greek

Hippocratic Lives and Legends (Studies in Ancient Medicine, Vol 4),Jody Rubin Pinault,Brill Academic Publishers,9004095748,Architecture,Hippocrates,History,History Of Medicine,Interior Design - General,Medicine, Greek and Roman,Sociology,Ancient Greece,Biography: historical,European history: BCE to c 500 CE,Medicine

Book Contents:

  1. Imaginative Love in John (Biblical Interpretation Series, Vol 2)
  2. In the Asian Style: A Design Sourcebook
  3. Iron and Steel in Ancient China: Second Impression, With Corrections (Handbuch Der Orientalistik/4. Abteilung, China, Bd 9)
  4. Islamic Studies Presented to Charles J. Adams
  5. Italian Studies on Philo of Alexandria (Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts)
  6. Italo-Turkish Diplomacy and the War over Libya, 1911-1912 (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia)
  7. Jesusuberlieferung Und Christologie: Neutestamentliche Aufsatze 1970-1990 (Supplements to Novum Testamentum)
  8. Juvenile Delinquency in Japan: Reconsidering the "Crisis" (Brill's Japanese Studies Library)
  9. Leaders and Masses in the Roman World: Studies in Honor of Zvi Yavetz (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
  10. Les Lieux Communs Du Roman: Stereotypes Grecs D'Aventure Et D'Amour (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)

Book Contents

Book Contents

Recommended Books

  1. Searching for Sebald: Photography After W.g. Sebald
  2. Rudolph Ganz
  3. Suzuki Violin School, Violin Part
  4. The 2004 Cpa Exam: An Introduction to the Computer Based Exam, Test Taking Tips, and Past Examinatio
  5. The ABCs of Environmental Regulation
  6. Sick Building Syndrome, Volume 55
  7. South Atlantic Paleoceanography
  8. The Heart of Midlothian
  9. The Icewind Dale Trilogy
  10. The Martini Book
  11. Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking
  12. The Friendship Factor : Helping Our chldr Navigate Their Social World Why It Matters for Their Succe
  13. The Mexicans: A Sense of Culture
  14. Resource Economics : Selected Works of Orris C. Herfindahl
  15. Short Bike Rides in New Jersey, 4th