| In the Grip of Disease: Studies in the Greek Imagination Contributor(s): Lloyd, G. E. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199253234 ISBN-13: 9780199253234 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: This original and lively book uses texts from ancient medicine, epic, lyric, tragedy, historiography, philosophy, and religion to explore the influence of Greek ideas on health and disease on Greek thought. Fundamental issues are deeply implicated: causation and responsibility, purification and pollution, the mind-body relationship and gender differences, authority and the expert, reality and appearances, good government, and good and evil themselves. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Medical | History - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 610.938 |
| LCCN: 2003271017 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.12 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This original and lively book uses texts from ancient medicine, epic, lyric, tragedy, historiography, philosophy, and religion to explore the influence of Greek ideas on health and disease on Greek thought. Fundamental issues are deeply implicated: causation and responsibility, purification and pollution, the mind-body relationship and gender differences, authority and the expert, reality and appearances, good government, and good and evil themselves. |