A Medea le duele la cabeza. Comentario a Apolonio Rodio III, 761-765

  • Rosa M.ª Aguilar
Keywords: Apollonius Rhodius, CH, I&#965, &#949, &#962, , Nerves, Alexandrine medicine, Galen

Abstract

This paper begins with a description of Medea´s headache in Argonautica III, verses 761-765, and investigates some of the medical terminology used by Appolonius, relating it to the theory of nerves at the time of the Corpus Hippocraticum and to the medicinal tradition in both the Alexandria of his time and later imperial Galen. In conclusion, we believe that Appolonius was well informed about ancient Hippocratic and contemporary Alexandrine medicine but his knowledge was subject to poetic license.

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Published
2004-01-01
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Aguilar R. M. . (2004). A Medea le duele la cabeza. Comentario a Apolonio Rodio III, 761-765. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos, 14, 235-240. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CFCG/article/view/CFCG0404110235A
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Vol. 14 (2004)
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