Brill’s New Pauly

Get access
Search Results: | 16 of 134 |

Philaretus
(367 words)

(Φιλάρετος; Philáretos).

[German version]

[1] Greek writer on medicine

Greek writer on medicine. A text which bears P.’s name and ultimately goes back to Galen’s theories about the pulse, is a Byzantine revision (from the 9th cent.?) of the text De pulsibus ad Antonium (= Gal. 19,629-642 K.) which was influenced by pneumat (Pneumatists). Whether or not P. was the author of the original text or the revised version, is a matter of controversy. A connection with Philagrius cannot b…

Cite this page
Nutton, Vivian (London) and Savvidis, Kyriakos (Bochum), “Philaretus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e919690>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



▲   Back to top   ▲