Heroic Measures: Hippocratic Medicine in the Making of Euripidean Tragedy

Jennifer Clarke Kosak

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This book demonstrates the importance of Greek medical thought in the work of Euripides. Part I shows the significance of the healing figure in Euripidean drama; Part II analyzes the role of traditional and rationalist remedies in the construction of Euripidean plots and arguments.

Request Code
ZLIBIO433932
Published
2004
Publisher
BRILL
Pages
229
Language
English
Format
PDF
ISBN-13
9789004139930
ISBN-10
9004139931