Brill’s New Pauly Supplements II - Volume 7 : Figures of Antiquity and their Reception in Art, Literature and Music
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Subject: Classical Studies
Edited by: Peter van Möllendorff, Annette Simonis and Linda Simonis
The 96 contributions in Brill’s New Pauly Supplement 7: Historical Figures from Antiquity depict the survival of great characters from Antiquity to the modern world. Each article presents an overview of the latest research on what we know concerning the lives of the historical person or legendary figure and then recounts the reception of these figures throughout history, giving special attention on the viewpoints in the early modern and contemporary periods.
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The 96 contributions in Brill’s New Pauly Supplement 7: Historical Figures from Antiquity depict the survival of great characters from Antiquity to the modern world. Each article presents an overview of the latest research on what we know concerning the lives of the historical person or legendary figure and then recounts the reception of these figures throughout history, giving special attention on the viewpoints in the early modern and contemporary periods.
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Hippocrates
(2,930 words)
(Ἱπποκράτης/
Hippokrátēs; Latin
Hippocrates)
A. Historical dimension H. of Cos (
c. 460–370 BC) is the most famous physician of Antiquity. Little is known for certain of his life because contemporary sources are lacking. He belonged to a medical family that claimed descent from the Greek god of healing, Asclepius, and distanced itself sometimes vociferously from the priests and magical healers of the time. The specific features of his therapeutic method were his holistic perspective (Pl. Phdr. 270 c–e;) and the attention he paid to the patient as an individual [22.226]. He was said…
Date:
2016-02-22