Medicine and Paradoxography in the Ancient World

Published by De Gruyter 2019

Medicine and Paradoxography in the Ancient World

Edited by: George Kazantzidis

Volume 81 in the series Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110661774

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The present volume offers a systematic discussion of the complex relationship between medicine and paradoxography in the ancient world.
For a long time, the relationship between the two has been assumed to be virtually non-existent. Paradoxography is concerned with disclosing a world full of marvels and wondrous occurrences without providing an answer as to how these phenomena can be explained. Its main aim is to astonish and leave its readers bewildered and confused. By contrast, medicine is committed to the rational explanation of human phusis, which makes it, in a number of significant ways, incompatible with thauma. This volume moves beyond the binary opposition between ‘rational’ and ‘non-rational’ modes of thinking, by focusing on instances in which the paradox is construed with direct reference to established medical sources and beliefs or, inversely, on cases in which medical discourse allows space for wonder and admiration. Its aim is to show that thauma, rather than present a barrier, functions as a concept which effectively allows for the dialogue between medicine and paradoxography in the ancient world.

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George Kazantzidis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction: Medicine and Paradoxography in Dialogue George Kazantzidis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Technological Wonder in Herodotus’ Histories Maria Gerolemou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Paradoxography and the pseudo- Aristotelian Problemata Katerina Oikonomopoulou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
In the Realm of the Two-Headed Snake Pragmatics and Aesthetics of Mirabilia in Nicander’s Theriaca and Alexipharmaca Floris Overduin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Wondrous Healings in Greek Epigrams (and Their Parodic Counterparts) Lucia Floridi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Beyond the Limits of the Human Body Phlegon of Tralles’ Medical Curiosities Julia Doroszewska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Phlegon’s Paradoxical Physiology Centaurs in the Peri Thaumasion Kelly E. Shannon-Henderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Galen’s Language of Wonder Thauma, Medicine and Philosophy in On Prognosis and On Affected Parts Jessica Lightfoot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Literary Remedies and Rhetorical Prescriptions in Aelius Aristides Medical Paradoxography or Common Practise? Georgia Petridou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Unknowable Questions and Paradoxography in ps.–Alexander of Aphrodisias’ Medical Puzzles and Natural Problems Michiel Meeusen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Index Rerum et Nominum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Classicists, Historians of medicine, Historians of concepts and ideas.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 225
Keywords: medicine; paradoxography; thauma

eBook

Published: August 5, 2019
ISBN: 9783110661774

Hardcover

Published: August 5, 2019
ISBN: 9783110660371