Oribasius’ Collectiones medicae (books I to IV): language and style, sources, contents
Abstract
By relying on books I-IV of Oribasius’ Collectiones medicae, which deal with the powers of foods and their methods of cooking, in the first section of this contribution, we will present the authors mentioned by Oribasius and in what way the physician of the emperor Julian the Apostate arranges the material excerpted from them. In the second part, through a comparison of Oribasius’ book IV, 1 (taken as a sample passage) and Galen’s originals, we will try to point out the stylistic characteristics of Oribasius’ prose.
Resumen. Apoyándonos en los libros I-IV de las Collectiones medicae de Oribasio, que tratan de las propriedades de los alimentos y de sus métodos de cocción, en la primera sección de esta contribución presentaremos los autores mencionados por Oribasio y de qué manera el médico del emperador Juliano el Apóstata organiza el material extraído de ellos. En la segunda parte, a través de una comparación del libro IV, 1 de Oribasio (tomado como pasaje de muestra) y los originales de Galeno, intentaremos señalar las características estilísticas de la prosa de Oribasio.
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