Pseudepigraphic writings
by Hippocrates
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 Libr…
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- Full title :Pseudepigraphic writings / Hippocrates ; edited and translated with an introduction by Wesley D. Smith.
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:1990.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):E.J. Brill
- Place of Publication:Leiden
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1990.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (133 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789004377202, 9004377204
- oclc:on1077770116
- LC Classification:R126.H7
- Dewey Decimal:610/.938
Table of Contents
Letters -- Embassy -- Speech from the altar -- Decree.
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