Pseudepigraphic Writings: Letters - Embassy - Speech from the Altar - Decree
Jul 2018 · BRILL
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The biography and personality of the "Father of Medicine" were known to the world through these important, but little studied letters and speeches. W.D. Smith here presents them newly edited from the most important manuscripts, with a facing English translation, and offers an introduction that gives a literary analysis and places them in relation to ancient history and ancient medical science. The speeches appear to be early (III B.C.) propaganda for the Island Cos, whose presence in the Library at Alexandria contributed to the characterization of the Hippocratic Corpus, while the Democritus Letters belong to the Roman period, after the firm establishment of Hippocrates' reputation.
The biography and personality of the "Father of Medicine" were known to the world through these important, but little studied letters and speeches. W.D. Smith here presents them newly edited from the most important manuscripts, with a facing English translation, and offers an introduction that gi...
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Wesley D. Smith has taught Greek and Roman literature in the Classical Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania since 1961. He has been resident at the Hellenic Center in Washington, D.C., the Institute for the History of Medicine in London, and has served as visiting Professor of the Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine in Ontario. He is author of The Hippocratic Tradition (Cornell U.P., 1979) and of numerous studies in ancient Greek literature and in ancient science. In particular, he has studied the nature of early Greek medical writings and the ways in which they were interpreted in later centuries.
Wesley D. Smith has taught Greek and Roman literature in the Classical Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania since 1961. He has been resident at the Hellenic Center in Washington, D.C., the Institute for the History of Medicine in London, and has served as visiting Professor of the...
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