On Theriac to Piso, Attributed to Galen

A Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30289-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Band 47, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

Reihe: Studies in Ancient Medicine

Robert Leigh offers a critical edition with translation into English, commentary and introduction of the pharmacological treatise On Theriac to Piso traditionally attributed to Galen. The focus of the work is on the question of authorship and Leigh seeks to show on textual, pharmacological, doctrinal and historical grounds that the attribution to Galen is at least highly problematic and probably mistaken. As well as marshalling the arguments in the introduction, Leigh seeks in the commentary not only to give a general exegesis of the text but also to identify points of agreement and points of difference between the treatise and other works which are undisputedly in the genuine Galenic corpus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leigh, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Acknowledgements
Conspectus siglorum

Introduction
The Text
The Manuscripts
The Arabic Text
The Latin Translations
The Andromachus Poem
The Treatise
Structure and Content
Date
Authenticity
Conclusions on Authenticity
Note on Chapter Headings

Text and Translation

Commentary

Appendices

Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index
Index of Significant Greek Terms

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Leigh (PhD.) 2011, University of Exeter, is an honorary research fellow of that university. On Theriac to Piso is based on his PhD thesis.