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Hippocrates

Man, Medic, Myth

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

219 kr

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Who was the so-called ‘father of medicine’, commonly associated with the celebrated Hippocratic Oath? Elizabeth Craik explores evidence for the historical Hippocrates, who lived in the fifth century bce, and combines it with documentation and compelling excerpts from the ‘Hippocratic Corpus’, a vast and surprisingly varied collection of Greek medical texts, linked in transmission with his name. Craik draws on a wide and vivid range of texts, and through a focus on place in the ancient world and with an innovatory attention to language she shows how several different ‘voices’ of the Corpus may all be regarded as Hippocratic. Hippocrates: Man, Medic, Myth brings a vital new orientation to important questions of origins and authorship and provides a novel interpretation of a key figure in the history of medicine.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-01
Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGreat Lives of the Ancient World
Antal sidor192
FörlagReaktion Books
ISBN9781836392750

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"An original and insightful examination of the historical Hippocrates and the subsequent crafting of his sacralization. A beautifully written work of supple scholarship, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the shifting dynamics and enduring impact of Hippocrates on the formation of the Western medical tradition." - Julius Rocca, Humboldt University, author of Galen on the Brain"Drawing on her extensive knowledge of the Hippocratic Corpus, Elizabeth Craik reconstructs the different voices of Hippocrates, offering an authoritative, sophisticated, and methodologically original survey of the evidence surrounding the life, thought, and legacy of this puzzling figure." - Chloe Balla, Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Crete"In this learned, lucid, and highly accessible volume, Elizabeth Craik takes a new and original approach to the collection of ancient medical writings known as the Hippocratic corpus. Basing her analysis on commonalities of language and of content, she identifies three main strands among the many authors whose work the corpus preserves and locates them in the cultural and intellectual background of the regions in which they developed. The result is an unconventional and stimulating biography that takes questions of authorship seriously, situating ancient medicine not only in its original ancient Greek contexts, but also in its wider reception history." - Douglas Cairns