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Identifier

000457537

Title

Ιστοριογραφία και Ιατρική : κοινές θεματικές και αλληλεπιδράσεις ανάμεσα στον Ηρόδοτο, τον Ιπποκράτη και τον Κτησία τον Κνίδιο

Alternative Title

Historiography and Medicine : Common Themes and Interactions in Herodotus, Hippocrates and Ctesias from Cnidus

Author

Σταυρουλάκη, Σοφία

Thesis advisor

Ταμιωλάκη Ελένη-Μελίνα

Reviewer

Κωνσταντάκος Ιωάννης
Μπάζου Αθήνα

Abstract

In this paper I discuss the common themes related to the role of medicine and the physician, as well as the role of illness in the work of Herodotus, Hippocrates (selective study) and the surviving fragments from the corpus of Ctesias of Knidos. Furthermore, I study possible interactions between the authors, concerning the impact of climate on human health, the properties of water and madness, focusing on specific vocabulary and the narrative background. Medicine and the systematization of the medical art of the period under discussion influenced the works of historians, which is evident from their attempt both to incorporate medical terms into their work and to deal with issues that also concerned the Hippocratic physicians. Ultimately, Herodotus seems to use the art of medicine as a medium in order to achieve his historiographical goals, while for Ctesias, medicine is the central reference framework, in which historiography is being shaped.

Language

Greek

Subject

Climate

Ctesias

Disease

Ethnography

Herodotus

Hippocrates

Medicine

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