Greek Medicine from the Heroic to the Hellenistic Age : A Source Book

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Greek Medicine from the Heroic to the Hellenistic Age : A Source BookGreek medicine is an important aspect of Greek culture. The Greeks were the first to put forward rational systems of medicine which resulted in a radically new conception of disease, accounting for causes and symptoms in purely natural terms. Greek rational medicine reached a climax in the third century BC at Alexandria, where medical anatomical researchers attained levels of accuracy and sophistication largely unsurpassed in Western culture until the

and annotation that are fully current with modern

The result is an enlightening introduction to some of the most enduring political wisdom of all time

Sallust's De Bello Jugurthino

Pythagoras imagined an everlasting soul and took his ideas to Italy where they flowered again in surprising and radical forms

The grand collection was rearranged and revised by the monk Maximus Planudes (14th century) who also added epigrams lost from Cephalas’ compilation

scholars have long taken it for granted that the preserved historian was right and the lost historian was mistaken

Aristophanes’ Frogs was produced in 405 BC

it deals with politics in a way which has resonances for both ancient and modern democracies

Sano was given away to a man who took her to America at the age of 15

among many other monikers

Pip and Posy are best friends - they love to play

As they begin to feel the first painful symptoms of withdrawal