Galen analogized godly man to Hermes herm
Galen used a classical Aesop fable about a Hermes statue to connect material to soul and mock Posidippus’s epigram about a statue of Philitas of Cos. … Read the post Galen analogized godly man to Hermes herm
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logic of substitutes in ancient materia medica
Ancient lists of substitutes among materia medica didn’t systematically consider logical relations among the substitutes. … Read the post logic of substitutes in ancient materia medica
lovesickness unto death, for a day or forever
The celebrated physician Galen took lovesickness seriously and perhaps even recognized death for a day from lovesickness. … Read the post lovesickness unto death, for a day or forever
Pliny the Younger and Galen respond to love elegy
Pliny and Galen put love elegy into prose: Pliny, to model the behavior of an ideal wife; Galen, to dismiss it and offer a healthier prescription. … Read the post Pliny the Younger and Galen respond to love elegy
Hanayn ibn Ishaq: disciple of Jesus and Galen
Providing respectable testimony to the relation of Jesus and Galen may have been a motivation for writing Hunayn’s autobiographical epistle. … Read the post Hanayn ibn Ishaq: disciple of Jesus and Galen