Elizabeth Craik

The 'Hippocratic' Corpus (eBook, ePUB)

Content and Context

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Hippocratic Corpus comprises some sixty medical works of varying length, style and content. Collectively, this is the largest surviving body of early Greek prose. As such, it is an invaluable resource for scholars and students not only of ancient medicine but also of Greek life in general.

The 'Hippocratic' Corpus facilitates the use and exploration of this important body of evidence. The book has a substantial introduction and examines each work individually, providing a brief summary of content followed by a commentary on substance and style. Context is provided not just in relation to the corpus as a whole but also to the work's wider relevance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317567882
• Artikelnr.: 41940006

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Craik

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I Origin and Development of Greek Medicine
1. Aspects of the art of medicine
2. Intellectual context
3. Hippocrates and the 'Hippocratic' Corpus
II Principles and Methods
1. Grouping and approaching the 'Hippocratic' works
2. Reading and interpreting the 'Hippocratic' works

The 'Hippocratic' Works

Conclusion
Diversity, Authorship and Tradition

Glossary

Bibliography

Index of Authors and Texts

General Index

Rezensionen

"Craik's glossary is praiseworthy for the way that it connects Greek terms consistently with English equivalents, when such translation contributes to clarity of concept. The 'Hippocratic' Corpus: Content and Context is a much-needed text, and Craik achieves her goal of providing simultaneously a general introduction and a reference work. This concise and comprehensive book is a useful tool both for those interested in learning more about the 'Hippocratic' Corpus and its component parts, and for scholars investigating research questions." - by Katherine D. van Schaik, Harvard University, BMCR

"[T]his is a fine book by a senior scholar who has a long history of engaging with these texts, as both editor and interpreter. It contains material very useful to those who regularly work with ancient Greek medical texts but it is also written to provide sufficient background for those coming to these texts for the first time." - Jennifer Clarke Kosak, Bowdoin College, Aestimatio